Title
Oral blastomycosis, laryngeal papillomatosis and esophageal tuberculosis
Other title
Blastomicosis oral, papilomatosis laríngea y tuberculosis esofágica
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Esophageal involvement is an extremely rare complication of tuberculosis even in countries with high prevalence of infection. We report the case of a 57 year-old hiv-seronegative patient with simultaneous diagnoses of oral blastomycosis and laryngeal papillomatosis. Both were confirmed by anatomopathological analysis. The esophageal biopsy revealed granulomatous esophagitis with necrosis and ziehl-neelsen stain showed acid-fast alcohol resistant bacilli suggestive of tuberculosis. The patient's history included pulmonary tuberculosis twice and previous abandonment of therapy. Thus, it was necessary to use oral itraconazole combined with second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs administered through a gastrostomy tube. The clinical development was favorable.
Start page
250
End page
254
Volume
29
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Salud pública, Salud ambiental Sistema respiratorio
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84866863103
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
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