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ArticleCureus2023

Esophagomediastinal Fistula Closed Endoscopically in a Young Patient With Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Vincent Wong, Ahmed Ahmed, Anjella Manoharan, Weizheng Wang

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vincent WongInternal Medicine-Pediatrics, Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
Ahmed AhmedGastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
Anjella ManoharanInternal Medicine-Pediatrics, Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
Weizheng WangGastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a primary lung disease that can spread to the lymph nodes, vertebrae, and gastrointestinal tract. The esophagus can be affected by mediastinal lymphadenitis, mostly in immunocompromised patients, leading to the formation of esophagomediastinal fistulas. They can cause dysphagia, pleuritic chest pain, and choking coughs from recurrent aspiration. The treatment is surgery but endoscopic interventions using over-the-scope endoclips, stents, medical adhesives, and sutures are successful alternatives. We present a case of an esophagomediastinal fistula in a patient with tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus that was successfully treated with through-the-scope endoclips.

Indexed as

esophageal fistulasimmunocompromised patientmediastinal lymph nodetb – tuberculosisupper endoscopy

Identifiers

PMID36915848
PMCPMC10008089
OpenAlexW4319662259

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