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Yi-Xuan Li1, Wei-Dong Nian2, Hua-Hong Wang3.
Abstract
A 59-year-old man experienced epigastric pain and an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a bulging lesio n 0.5×0.6cm 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.Entities:
Keywords: Endoscopy; Lesion; Primary epiesophageal tuberculosis
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28578936 DOI： 10.1016/j.clinre.2017.04.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol ISSN： 2210-7401 Impact factor: 2.947