Esophageal tuberculosis presenting with an appearance similar to that of carcinoma of the esophagus

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 477-481

  Fujiwara, Yushi ^a   Osugi, Harushi ^a   Takada, Nobuyasu ^a   Takemura, Masashi ^a   Lee, Shigeru ^a   Ueno, Masakatsu ^a   Fukuhara, Kenichiro ^a   Tanaka, Yoshinori ^a   Nishizawa, Satoshi ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antituberculous chemotherapy; Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS); Esophageal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUBERCULOSIS; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0038174675     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-002-1088-1     Document Type: Article

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