AN AUTOPSY CASE OF TUBERCULOUS AORTOOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA WITH FALSE ANEURYSM FORMATION

Abstract

Tuberculous aortitis is a rare complication of tuberculosis in which the aorta causes ruptures, in most cases. We recently encountered a case of tuberculous aorto-oesophageal fistula with false aneurysm formation. The patient was a 38-year-old female and died of massive haematemesis. An aorto-oesophageal fistula was enpendered by direct extension of tuberculous inflammation from mediastinal lymph nodes. Tuberculous foci were found in the lungs, liver, spleen, lymph nodes and kidneys.
The present case might be in the category of post-primary cryptic disseminated tuberculousis.