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KMID : 0383820070620060531
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2007 Volume.62 No. 6 p.531 ~ p.535
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A Case of Esophago-mediatinal Fistula Due to Esophageal Tuberculosis
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Park Eun-Ho
Jang Tae-Won
Park Moo-In
Song Joon-Young
Choi In-Soo
Oak Chul-Ho
Jung Maan-Hong
Kwon Jin-Hwan
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Abstract
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The esophagus is a rate site for rarely involved site of tuberculosis. The most common cause of esophageal tuberculosis is secondary involvement from adjacent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Esophago-nodal or esophagobronchial fistulas may be formed when tuberculous lymph nodes erode the adjacent esophageal or bronchial wall. We report a patient diagnosed with esophageal tuberculosis, which was complicated by an esophago-mediastinal fistula, by endoscopy, sputum acid fast bacilli (AFB) stain, chest computed tomography (CT), and an esophagogram. The patient was treated with antituberculous agents and chest CT and endoscopy showed that the fistula had closed completely.
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KEYWORD
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Tuberculosis, Esophagus-mediastinum
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