Esophageal tuberculosis mimicking esophageal carcinoma

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-107

  Musoǧlu, Ahmet ^a   Özütemiz, Ömer ^a   Tekin, Fatih ^a   Aydin, Ahmet ^a   Savaş, Recep ^a   Ilter, Tankut ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Esophageal tuberculosis; Tuberculous lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; RARE DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 22544473367     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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