Tuberculous esophagitis. Report of a case and review of modern approaches to diagnosis and treatment
Tassios, P.; Ladas, S.; Giannopoulos, G.; Lariou, K.; Katsogridakis, J.; Chalevelakis, G.; Strigaris, K.; Raptis, S.
Hepato-Gastroenterology 42(2): 185-188
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0172-6390 PMID: 7672770 Document Number: 1291
We describe a patient with tuberculous esophagitis who was referred to us with low-grade fever, but no esophageal symptoms. The diagnosis was established in biopsies obtained from a deep midesophageal ulcer seen on endoscopy. Investigation of the patient failed to identify any extra-esophageal tuberculous foci, but a computed tomography scan revealed mediastinal lymphadenopathy without lung involvement. Primary infection of the esophagus by tuberculosis is questioned, and widespread use of computed tomography may show it to be a fiction.
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