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Case Reports
. 1992 Jun;73(3):177-9.
doi: 10.1016/0962-8479(92)90154-C.

The medical treatment of a tuberculous tracheo-oesophageal fistula

J H Lee  1 , D H Shin, K W Kang, S S Park, D H Lee
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Case Reports

The medical treatment of a tuberculous tracheo-oesophageal fistula

J H Lee et al. Tuber Lung Dis. 1992 Jun.

Abstract

Tracheo-oesophageal (TE) fistulas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare and usually require both surgical treatment and medical treatment with antituberculosis drugs. A patient with a tuberculous TE fistula and mediastinal lymphadenitis was successfully treated by medical management alone.

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