Primary Esophageal Tuberculosis Without Dysphagia or Odynophagia in a Patient Without HIV
| Autor: | Ali Kohansal-Vajargah, Sergio Zepeda-Gómez, Aducio Thiesen, Henry Ogbomo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis business.industry Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Case Report Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA General Medicine Chest pain medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Dermatology Dysphagia 03 medical and health sciences Esophagus 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Esophageal biopsy medicine.symptom business Odynophagia |
| Zdroj: | ACG Case Reports Journal |
| ISSN: | 2326-3253 |
| DOI: | 10.14309/crj.0000000000000323 |
| Popis: | We report a case of primary esophageal tuberculosis in a 35-year-old woman without HIV who presented with a month's history of epigastric and chest pain without dysphagia or odynophagia and was found to have histologic evidence of multiple caseating granulomata on esophageal biopsy, which was confirmed positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA and cultures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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