ultrasound

  Esophageal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare diagnosis, found in <1% of autopsies in patients who died with known TB. The majority of cases are secondary, with contiguous spread from mediastinal lymph nodes constituting the most common etiology. Esophageal TB is commonly mistaken for malignancy, as symptoms are similar (dysphagia, weight loss, and fever) and esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) characteristics are comparable. To make...