Tuberculosis, A Great Masquerader: A Case Report of Disseminated Multifocal Skeletal TB and Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Mimicking Metastatic Cancer
Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) can mimic metastatic disease because of its multi-organ involvement (including bones), which can make the diagnosis much more complicated. Tracheoesophageal fistula is a very uncommon manifestation of TB, as is multifocal skeletal TB. There are reports of TB presenting...
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| author | Hariharan Subramony Manjunatha Gajanana Hegde Balagurunathan Raghavan |
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| description | Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) can mimic metastatic disease because of its multi-organ involvement (including bones), which can make the diagnosis much more complicated. Tracheoesophageal fistula is a very uncommon manifestation of TB, as is multifocal skeletal TB. There are reports of TB presenting either as multifocal skeletal TB or as tracheoesophageal fistulae, but we could not find any case reports describing both of these entities in a single patient and essentially mimicking a metastatic oesophageal neoplasm. However, we here describe one such case, which was managed medically. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2186fbc431934eb4a2aafa21dcd3f48d2022-12-22T04:37:59ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942022-10-0110.12890/2022_0036243159Tuberculosis, A Great Masquerader: A Case Report of Disseminated Multifocal Skeletal TB and Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Mimicking Metastatic CancerHariharan Subramony0Manjunatha Gajanana Hegde1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2314-0626Balagurunathan Raghavan2Department of Internal Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaApollo Hospitals, ChennaiDisseminated tuberculosis (TB) can mimic metastatic disease because of its multi-organ involvement (including bones), which can make the diagnosis much more complicated. Tracheoesophageal fistula is a very uncommon manifestation of TB, as is multifocal skeletal TB. There are reports of TB presenting either as multifocal skeletal TB or as tracheoesophageal fistulae, but we could not find any case reports describing both of these entities in a single patient and essentially mimicking a metastatic oesophageal neoplasm. However, we here describe one such case, which was managed medically.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/3624tuberculosistracheoesophageal fistulamultifocal skeletal lesionsovarian neoplasmanti-tubercular therapy tropical diseases |
| spellingShingle | Hariharan Subramony Manjunatha Gajanana Hegde Balagurunathan Raghavan Tuberculosis, A Great Masquerader: A Case Report of Disseminated Multifocal Skeletal TB and Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Mimicking Metastatic Cancer European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine tuberculosis tracheoesophageal fistula multifocal skeletal lesions ovarian neoplasm anti-tubercular therapy tropical diseases |
| title | Tuberculosis, A Great Masquerader: A Case Report of Disseminated Multifocal Skeletal TB and Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Mimicking Metastatic Cancer |
| title_full | Tuberculosis, A Great Masquerader: A Case Report of Disseminated Multifocal Skeletal TB and Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Mimicking Metastatic Cancer |
| title_fullStr | Tuberculosis, A Great Masquerader: A Case Report of Disseminated Multifocal Skeletal TB and Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Mimicking Metastatic Cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis, A Great Masquerader: A Case Report of Disseminated Multifocal Skeletal TB and Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Mimicking Metastatic Cancer |
| title_short | Tuberculosis, A Great Masquerader: A Case Report of Disseminated Multifocal Skeletal TB and Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Mimicking Metastatic Cancer |
| title_sort | tuberculosis a great masquerader a case report of disseminated multifocal skeletal tb and tracheoesophageal fistulae mimicking metastatic cancer |
| topic | tuberculosis tracheoesophageal fistula multifocal skeletal lesions ovarian neoplasm anti-tubercular therapy tropical diseases |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/3624 |
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