An unusual case of esophageal tuberculosis in an adult

Respiration. 1999;66(1):88-90. doi: 10.1159/000029346.

Abstract

Tuberculous infection of the esophagus is a rare disease and usually occurs secondary to tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy. We report a 74-year-old woman presenting with dysphagia and weight loss. The chest radiograph showed punctuated calcifications lining from the right hilar region to the paracardiac region. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a 0.5 x 5 cm lesion localized in the 25th cm of the esophagus covered partly with normal mucosa, partly demonstrating ulcerous areas. Biopsy revealed granulomatous infiltrates being tuberculoid in type. Thorax CT showed a calcified lymph node at the right hilum. The patient did not give consent to therapy and died 1 month later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Esophageal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Esophageal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophageal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis* / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis* / diagnostic imaging