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Tuberculosis as a primary cause of oesophageal stricture: a case report

BACKGROUND: Tuberculous (TB) oesophagitis is a rare manifestation of dysphagia occurring in 0.3% of all gastro-intestinal tract TB infections as well as 0.15% of all cases of dysphagia and often is misdiagnosed. This report presents a rare manifestation of TB as a cause of oesophageal stricture. CAS...

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Autores principales: Mbiine, Ronald, Kabuye, Ronald, Lekuya, Herve Monka, Manyillirah, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5989358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29871658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-018-0743-4