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Primary esophageal tuberculosis mimicking esophageal carcinoma on computed tomography: A case report

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) has a rare extrapulmonary manifestation known as esophageal tuberculosis, accounting for 0.2% of total TB patients. Esophageal TB typically presents with dysphagia, with retrosternal pain or odynophagia, but generalized symptoms such as low-grade fever, decreased appeti...

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Autores principales: Khan, Muhammad Salman, Maan, Muhammad Hassaan Arif, Sohail, Amir Humza, Memon, Wasim Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6766475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572563
http://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v11.i9.373