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Review
. 2005 Apr;17(4):435-9.
doi: 10.1097/00042737-200504000-00007.

A solitary tuberculous ulcer in the oesophagus

Bart T Rövekamp  1 , Klaas van der Linde, Jan Dees, Shelley E Overbeek, Mark van Blankenstein, Ernst J Kuipers
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A solitary tuberculous ulcer in the oesophagus

Bart T Rövekamp et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

A 48-year-old woman born in Pakistan was evaluated for dysphagia. Endoscopy showed a solitary ulcerative oesophageal lesion. Cultures were positive for mycobacterium tuberculosis. Additional imaging showed no other manifestations of tuberculosis. Oesophageal tuberculosis is a rare entity, especially as a primary manifestation defined as involvement of the oesophagus without signs of disseminated disease. Therefore, this case was classified as primary oesophageal tuberculosis.

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