A case of esophageal tuberculosis with unusual endoscopic feature

作者：Li, Yi-Xuan; Nian, Wei-Dong; Wang, Hua-Hong^*

来源：Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, 2018, 42(1): E5-E6.

DOI：10.1016/j.clinre.2017.04.010

• Primary epiesophageal tuberculosis
• Endoscopy
• Lesion

A 59-year-old man experienced epigastric pain and an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a bulging lesio n 0.5 x 0.6 cm in size in the middle esophagus. EUS showed a homogenous hypoechoic lesion, which interrupted the five layers structure of esophageal wall. Biopsies revealed epithelioid granuloma with central caseous necrosis and several acid-fast bacilli.

• 出版日期2018-2
• 单位北京大学