Esophageal Tuberculosis - A Mass of Confusion

Am J Med. 2020 Oct;133(10):e589-e590. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.02.038. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

Authors

Bernard J Danna¹, Alexander W Harvey², Laila E Woc-Colburn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: danna@bcm.edu.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

PMID: 32272102
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.02.038

No abstract available

Keywords: Endoscopic ultrasound; Esophageal mass; Esophageal tuberculosis; Tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
Deglutition Disorders / etiology
Delayed Diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Directly Observed Therapy
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Esophagitis / diagnosis*
Esophagitis / drug therapy
Esophagitis / pathology
Ethambutol / therapeutic use
Fever / etiology
Humans
Isoniazid / therapeutic use
Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Lymphadenopathy / diagnostic imaging
Lymphadenopathy / pathology
Male
Mexican Americans
Pyrazinamide / therapeutic use
Rifampin / therapeutic use
Substance-Related Disorders / complications
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / complications
Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / pathology
Ultrasonography

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol
Isoniazid
Rifampin