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16252203

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
Esophageal tuberculosis is rare. In some cases, the clinical presentation of this infection may mimic esophageal carcinoma. Differential diagnosis may be difficult and may result in an unnecessary surgical therapy such as esophagectomy. In this report we document the endoscopical, radiological, histological and bacteriological features of esophageal tuberculosis in a 62-year-old woman. She was admitted to our hospital complaining of dysphagia and odynophagia. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed an ulcerovegetant lesion in the right wall of the esophagus suggesting esophageal carcinoma. Further investigation resulted in a diagnosis of esophageal tuberculosis. She was successfully treated by antituberculous chemotherapy. We suggest that esophageal tuberculosis has to be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of esophageal ulcerovegetant lesions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1300-4948
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Esophageal tuberculosis mimicking esophageal carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University Medical School, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports