Primary Esophageal Tuberculosis Without Dysphagia or Odynophagia in a Patient Without HIV
Henry Ogbomo, Aducio Thiesen, Sergio Zepeda-Gómez, Ali Kohansal-Vajargah
ACG Case Reports Journal · 2020-02
Abstract
ABSTRACT We report a case of primary esophageal tuberculosis in a 35-year-old woman without HIV who presented with a month's history of epigastric and chest pain without dysphagia or odynophagia and was found to have histologic evidence of multiple caseating granulomata on esophageal biopsy, which was confirmed positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA and cultures.
MeSH terms
- Odynophagia
- Medicine
- Dysphagia
- Tuberculosis
- Epigastric pain
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Biopsy
- Surgery
- Dermatology
- Gastroenterology
- Internal medicine