ESOPHAGEAL TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING MALIGNANCY

Authors
GEUSENS E VERSCHAKELEN JA FLAMAING J BOGAERT J PONETTE E DECRAMER M BAERT AL
Citation
E. Geusens et al., ESOPHAGEAL TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING MALIGNANCY, European radiology, 6(1), 1996, pp. 79-81
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
European radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09387994
Volume
6
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
79 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0938-7994(1996)6:1<79:ETMM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A case of pulmonary and esophageal tuberculosis in an 82-year-old fema le is presented. Esophageal tuberculosis is very rarely seen in Europe and the United States, but the disease is still endemic in India. The major differential diagnosis is esophageal malignancy. Findings that can suggest the diagnosis are tracheo-esophageal fistula formation, en larged, centrally necrotizing lymph nodes, and a micronodular lung pat tern.