Concomitant pleural tuberculosis and aspiration pneumonia due to epiphrenic diverticula: a case report

Aspiration pneumonia is a critical disease and can result from a various causes. Epiphrenic diverticula is a rare disorder, which can cause aspiration of food material contained in it. Mediastinal tuberculosis can also cause traction diverticula at mid-esophagus, which usually are asymptomatic and i...

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Published inMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ʻUlūm-i Pizishkī-i Gurgān Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 132 - 137
Main Authors Maleki I, Godazandeh Gh
Format Journal Article
LanguagePersian
Published Golestan University of Medical Sciences 01.05.2011
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Aspiration Pneumonia
Epiphrenic diverticula
Esophageal diverticula
Tuberculosis
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ISSN1562-4765
2008-4080

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Summary:Aspiration pneumonia is a critical disease and can result from a various causes. Epiphrenic diverticula is a rare disorder, which can cause aspiration of food material contained in it. Mediastinal tuberculosis can also cause traction diverticula at mid-esophagus, which usually are asymptomatic and induce no complication. In this article we describe a case, suffering of all these three disorders and after seven years of surgery and medical treatment any symptom was not found in the patient.
ISSN:1562-4765
2008-4080