Tuberculous involvement of the oesophagus with oesophagobronchel fistula

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 528-531

  Griga, T ^c   Duchna, H W ^a   Orth, M ^c   Nicolas, V ^a   Muller K M ^b   Schultze Werninghaus, G ^a   May, B ^a  

^a Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology ^*  (Germany)

^b Department of Angioneurosurgery   (Ukraine)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oesophageal fistula; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SMEAR; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; BRONCHUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0036020538     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(02)80113-X     Document Type: Article

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