An Unusual Presentation of Esophageal Tuberculosis: A Case Report.
| Autor: | Zahra T; Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA., Ravikumar Y; Internal Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, IND., Voloshyna D; School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA., Shams Y; Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Dow International Medical College, Karachi, PAK., Shaik TA; Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, USA., Sandhu QI; Medicine, Ghazi Khan Medical College Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, PAK., Sahtiya S; Internal Medicine, People's University of Medical & Health Sciences, Nawabshah, PAK., Saleem F; Internal Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore, PAK., Ghaffari MAZ; Internal Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore, PAK. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cureus [Cureus] 2022 Sep 27; Vol. 14 (9), pp. e29642. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 27 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.29642 |
| Abstrakt: | The lungs, kidneys, liver, and pancreas are just some of the organs that can be affected by tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a disease that can affect many organs of the human body. Rarely can tuberculosis (TB) manifest itself in the digestive tract; in fact, the gastrointestinal tract ranks as the sixth most common site of extrapulmonary TB. However, involvement of the esophagus by tuberculosis is extremely uncommon. We present a case of esophageal tuberculosis in a 27-year-old man with epigastric pain and weight loss as his only symptoms. There were no complaints of odynophagia or dysphagia, nor was there any evidence of immunodeficiency. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy found an ulcer 26 centimeters from the incisor. Histopathology and a biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of primary esophageal tuberculosis. Six months after beginning anti-TB therapy, he was confirmed to be free of tuberculosis. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2022, Zahra et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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