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Dysphagia caused by esophageal tuberculosis
W A Marsman1, C Jie, J J van Meyel
1Division of Internal Medicine, St. Lucas Andreas Hospital, P.O. Box 9243, 1006 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. willemm@hotmail.com
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|February 13, 2001
Abstract:
This report describes two patients with dysphagia who appeared to have esophageal tuberculosis. One patient had a fistula draining into a mediastinal mass. Both patients responded promptly to treatment with tuberculostatics. Surgery was not required. Esophageal tuberculosis is a rare entity.