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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2024

The Diagnosis of Esophageal Tuberculosis through an Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration Biopsy.

Shoma Sawai, Reiko Yamada, Yohei Ikenoyama, Kenji Nose, Takamitsu Tanaka, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Tetsuro Miwata, Junya Tsuboi, Hajime Fujimoto, Hayato Nakagawa

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shoma SawaiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Reiko YamadaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Yohei IkenoyamaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Kenji NoseDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Takamitsu TanakaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Yoshifumi NakamuraDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Tetsuro MiwataDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Junya TsuboiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Hajime FujimotoDepartment of Respiratory medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Hayato NakagawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Mie University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 54-year-old woman presented with an elevated esophageal lesion. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass in the pancreatic head. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) showed a well-defined, round, hypoechoic mass, which was considered lymph node enlargement. An EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed on the esophagus and the mass above the pancreatic head. The pathologically confirmed epithelial cells and multinucleated giant cells were positive for T-SPOT. Clinically, tuberculous lymphadenitis and esophageal tuberculosis were suspected, with successful treatment with anti-tuberculosis therapy resulting in a good response. Our findings suggest that an EUS-FNAB is useful for diagnosing esophageal tuberculosis.

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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationAntitubercular AgentsEsophageal DiseasesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedTuberculosisTuberculosis, GastrointestinalAntitubercular Agentsesophageal massesophageal tuberculosisEUS-FNABmediastinal lymph nodestuberculous lymphadenitis

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PMID38311428
PMCPMC11442934
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