[Endoscopic diagnosis of a biliodigestive fistula of tuberculous origin revealing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1995 Dec;19(12):1055-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of a 32-year-old Malian man with abdominal tuberculosis revealing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A gastroscopy was made for epigastric pain and showed caseum in a digestive fistula with acid fast bacilli. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection was confirmed by sputum culture. An early antituberculous therapy was prescribed. Outcome was good with rapid fistula closing and slower mass diminution of the abdominal lymph nodes. This case report confirms nodal tuberculosis as a possible cause of digestive fistulae. Rapid endoscopic diagnosis of this tuberculous fistula led to diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and early adapted medical treatment without invasive diagnostic methods.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biliary Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Biliary Fistula / etiology
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / methods*
  • Gastric Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gastric Fistula / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents