Mediastinal-esophageal fistulae after EUS-FNA of tuberculosis of the mediastinum

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 210-212

  von Bartheld, Martin B ^a   van Kralingen, Klaas W ^a   Veenendaal, Roeland A ^a   Willems, Luuk N ^a   Rabe, Klaus F ^a   Annema, Jouke T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG GRANULOMA; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDIASTINAL ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MEDIASTINITIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 73049107163     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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