BACKGROUND Tuberculosis can disguise itself in any form. Endobronchial tuberculosis usually presents in young adults. Endobronchial tumor-like presentation of tuberculosis (EBTB) is very rare and often mistaken as a malignancy. Diagnosis is usually delayed, as clinical and radiological features are non-specific. Direct implantation of tubercle bacilli into the bronchus, or an contiguous spread,...

Endobronchial Tuberculosis is hazardous in causing circumferential narrowing of tracheobronchial tree despite the eradication of tubercle bacilli in the initial insult from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. They may present as treatment resistant bronchial asthma and pose challenge to airway management in the acute setting. We present a 25 year-old lady who was newly diagnosed bronchial asthma with a pas...

Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is defined as tuberculosis infection of the tracheobronchial tree with microbial and histopathological evidence. The clinical symptoms of the diseases are nonspecific. Chronic cough is the major symptom of the disease. The diagnosis is often delayed due to its nonspecific presentation and misdiagnosed as bronchial asthma. This case is presented to recall the no...

BACKGROUND The most important sequela of endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is bronchial stenosis, which causes wheezing, dyspnea and obstructive pneumonia. But there have been no reports about applying cryotherapy for granular EBTB that did not show luminal narrowing of the bronchus at diagnosis. Whether this technique is useful for preventing granular EBTB from progressing into stenosis needs ...

Terzi et al. [1] for their comments on our article [2] and also thank EJCTS for giving me this opportunity to answer this question. Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a most serious complication in patients with tuberculosis-destroyed lungs who have undergone pneumonectomy. Halezeroglu et al. [3] consider that tuberculosis and preoperative empyema lead to BPF. We believe that the risk factors for ...

Tuberculosis is a public health problem. Endobronchial localization of tuberculosis rare. Its endoscopic aspects are diverse and often misleading can pose problem differential diagnosis such as tumor or foreign body in children. Chest CT helps bronchoscopy remains the most reliable examination with biopsy. early treatment to avoid complications including bronchostenosis. We report case tubercul...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the value of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) guided purulence and local isoniazid injection after lymph node puncture in treatment refractory mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis (MTLA) as compared systemic anti-tuberculosis treatment.