TY - JOUR
T1 - Esophageal Tuberculosis
T2 - A Rare Presentation with Hematemesis
AU - Newman, Richard M.
AU - Fleshner, Phillip R.
AU - Lajam, Fouad E.
AU - Kim, Unsup
PY - 1991/6
Y1 - 1991/6
N2 - Esophageal tuberculosis is rare, with only 26 cases previously reported in the literature. Patients usually present with progressive dysphagia or odynophagia. We report a patient with hematemesis that was later attributed to the erosion of tuberculous subcarinal lymph nodes into the esophagus. This presentation has been described in only two other patients, both of whom died of exsanguinating hemorrhage. The successful outcome in the present case rested on the availability of rapid diagnostic modalities and timely surgical intervention.
AB - Esophageal tuberculosis is rare, with only 26 cases previously reported in the literature. Patients usually present with progressive dysphagia or odynophagia. We report a patient with hematemesis that was later attributed to the erosion of tuberculous subcarinal lymph nodes into the esophagus. This presentation has been described in only two other patients, both of whom died of exsanguinating hemorrhage. The successful outcome in the present case rested on the availability of rapid diagnostic modalities and timely surgical intervention.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0025793362
U2 - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1991.tb07125.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1991.tb07125.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 2039000
AN - SCOPUS:0025793362
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 86
SP - 751
EP - 755
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 6
ER -