Esophageal tuberculosis associated with esophagotracheal or esophagomediastinal fistula: report of 10 cases

Devarbhavi, Harshad; Alvares, Jose Filipe; Radhikadevi, Mani

doi:10.1067/mge.2003.140

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“…Surgery consists of a simple division and closure or tracheal resection and reconstruction [10,17]. However, there are case reports where the fistula had healed completely with medical therapy alone [7,18]. Our patient did not want surgery.…”

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“…Oesophageal tuberculosis is almost always associated with mediastinal lymphadenopathy, with or without a tracheo-oesophageal fistula [7]. Our patient had mediastinal lymphadenopathy and a tracheo-oesophageal fistula.…”

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“…Patients with an oesophago-bronchial fistula present with cough after the ingestion of food [7,9]. A tuberculous dysphagia can be due to intrinsic oesophageal ulcers, tracheo-oesophageal fistulae and the extrinsic compression which is caused by the mediastinal lymph nodes.…”

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An Interesting Case of Dysphagia in a HIV Patient

Madi

Achappa

Ramapuram

et al. 2013

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Oesophageal tuberculosis is a rare disease. Tuberculosis (TB) can cause dysphagia due to oesophageal ulcers, Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistulas (TOFs) and an extrinsic compression which is caused by the mediastinal lymph nodes. A 33-year-old gentleman was admitted to our hospital for the evaluation of fever, dysphagia and cough. His chest X-ray was suggestive of miliary tuberculosis. A CT scan of his chest revealed miliary tuberculosis, mediastinal lymphadenopathy and pneumomediastinum. His sputum AFB (acid-fast bacilli) test was positive. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a large ulcer in the oesophagus with a fistulous opening which was suggestive of a tracheo-oesophageal fistula. A biopsy from the ulcer was positive for AFB. The test for HIV-1 was positive. A nasogastric feeding tube was placed and the Anti Tubercular Therapy ( ATT) was started. The main aim of this case report is to sensitize the clinicians about the fact that Tuberculosis can present with dysphagia, especially in HIV patients.

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An Interesting Case of Dysphagia in a HIV Patient

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Ramapuram

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“…It usually results from a spread of an adjacent focus, such as the lung or mediastinal nodes, spine, larynx or pharynx and tends to involve the proximal rather than the distal esophagus [1][2][3][4][5][6].The most common presenting symptoms, in addition to the systemic symptoms of tuberculosis, are dysphagia, epigastric pain and odynophagia [7] Esophagocutaneous fistula is a very rare complication of tuberculosis [7].…”

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Tubercular Esophagocutaneous Fistula

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“…Diagnosis of infectious ulcer is especially difficult. Esophageal tuberculosis was first described as a postmortem diagnosis by Denonvilliers in 1837 (Devarbhavi et al, 2003). It is rare even in the presence of extensive and severe pulmonary tuberculosis.…”

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A case of esophageal tuberculosis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

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Yetim³

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Article HistoryReceived 25 / 09 / 2012 Accepted 09 / 10 / 2012A 72-year-old female patient was admitted to the university hospital for dysphagia, retrosternal pain and weight loss. M.Tuberculosis DNA was identified in the fresh biopsy specimens by polimerase chain reaction (PCR) in a short time. She was diagnosed with esophageal tuberculosis and antituberculous treatment regimen was started. The symptoms diminished in two months. We would like to present an esophageal tuberculosis case diagnosed by PCR in fresh biopsy specimens.

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Esophageal tuberculosis associated with esophagotracheal or esophagomediastinal fistula: report of 10 cases

Cited by 72 publications

References 13 publications

An Interesting Case of Dysphagia in a HIV Patient

An Interesting Case of Dysphagia in a HIV Patient

Tubercular Esophagocutaneous Fistula

A case of esophageal tuberculosis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

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