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Tuberculosis associated with esophageal obstruction
Author(s) -
Mosher Harris P.
Publication year - 1936
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-193610000-00005
Subject(s) - esophagus , autopsy , medicine , tuberculosis , anatomy , abdomen , pulmonary tuberculosis , pathology
The purpose of this paper is to report three cases of tuberculosis, two being of the chest and one of the abdomen, all three associated with obstruction at the terminal portion of the esophagus. Also, I wish to put on record the autopsy findings in the esophagus of a patient who died of pulmonary tuberculosis. The central portion of this esophagus for some five inches showed a moderate spindle‐shaped dilatation with marked thinning of the esophageal wall. Above and below the thin portion the musculature was of normal thickness. Small glands about the size of half a pea (3‐4 mm.) were found at the top, the bottom and the middle of the specimen adherent to the esophageal wall. These showed giant cells and tubercles. Vertical rougae were present at the top and at the bottom of the specimen where the thickness of the esophageal wall was normal. They were absent over the thin portion. The surface of this was perfectly smooth (see Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4). The three cases will be reported and discussed in the order just given.