TY - JOUR
TI - Mediastinal mass with dysphagia in an elderly patient
AU - Kotanidou, A
AU - Andrianakis, I
AU - Mavrommatis, A
AU - Politis, P and
AU - Roussos, C
AU - Bellenis, I
JO - INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOW
PY - 2003
VL - 31
TODO - 3
SP - 178-180
PB - MMV MEDIEN & MEDIZIN VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
SN - null
TODO - 10.1007/s15010-003-3085-6
TODO - null
TODO - We report the use of endoscopic techniques for successful diagnosis in a
case of atypical esophageal tuberculosis. Tuberculosis of the esophagus
is an unusual presentation of this disease, having been estimated to
occur in 0.15% of the people who die of tuberculosis. A few cases of
possible primary tuberculous esophagitis have been described. This
report describes a patient with dysphagia who appeared to have
esophageal tuberculosis without HIV and in the absence of other signs of
tuberculosis. The patient responded promptly to treatment with
tuberculostatics.
ER -