Primary Esophageal Tuberculosis Without Dysphagia or Odynophagia in a Patient Without HIV

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 c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ogbomo, Henry, Thiesen, Aducio, Zepeda-Gomez, Sergio, Kohansal-Vajargah, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7209795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32440526
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000323
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Sumario: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.

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