Esophagomediastinal fistula as a complication of tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 984-986

  Ohtake, Masatoshi ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Okuno, Motoyasu ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeyoshi ^a   Ohgimi, Tatsuo ^a  

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bronchoscopy; computed tomography; esophagography; esophagoscopy

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

EID: 0030513399     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.984     Document Type: Article

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