Value of Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Esophageal Tuberculosis: Report of Two Cases
| Autor: | Ahmet Aydin, Fatih Tekin, Ahmet Musoglu, Ömer Özütemiz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Physiology medicine.medical_treatment Antitubercular Agents Caseous necrosis Esophageal Diseases Endosonography Esophagus Internal medicine medicine Carcinoma Humans business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Gastroenterology Middle Aged Hepatology medicine.disease Surgery Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Tuberculosis Gastrointestinal Esophagectomy Female Esophagoscopy Differential diagnosis business |
| Zdroj: | Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 51:1673-1676 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2568 0163-2116 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10620-005-9028-6 |
| Popis: | Esophageal tuberculosis (ET) is rare, even in countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis (1). In some cases, differential diagnosis of ET from esophageal carcinoma is very difficult and may result in an unnecessary esophagectomy (2). One of the main reasons for this difficulty is the poorly described clinical, radiological, and endoscopic features of ET because of its rarity. Another reason is that the evidence of this infection such as isolation of tubercle bacilli and caseous necrosis is not usually detected (3). There are insufficient data on the utility of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in the diagnosis of ET. Herein, we present EUS findings of two cases with ET that were treated successfully with antituberculous chemotherapy. |
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