Author/Authors :
Samhan, Mahmoud Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplantation Center, Kuwait , Al-Mousawi, Mustafa Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplantation Center, Kuwait , Halim, Medhat Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplantation Center, Kuwait , Nampoory, MRN Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplantation Center, Kuwait
Abstract :
The incidence of mycobacterial infection (TB) is significantly higher in patients with end-stage renal disease and renal transplant recipients than in normal individuals. Tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEF) resulting from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are uncommon. We describe a 44-year old renal transplant recipient with such a lesion that had typical clinical presentation and radiological appearance of TEF and was successfully treated conservatively.
