Tuberculous tracheo-esophageal fistula in a renal transplant patient.
The incidence of mycobacterial infection (TB) is significantly higher in patients with end-stage renal disease and renal transplant recipients than in normal individuals. Tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEF) resulting from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are uncommon. We describe a 44-year old renal transplant recipient with such a lesion that had typical clinical presentation and radiological appearance of TEF and was successfully treated conservatively.
Samhan
Mahmoud
M
Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplantation Center, Kuwait.
Al-Mousawi
Mustafa
M
Halim
Medhat
M
Nampoory
Mrn
M