[Tuberculous ganglio-oesophageal fistula. A case revealed by hematemese (author's transl)].

The authors report the observation of a tuberculous ganglio-oesophageal fistula which revealed itself through several severe digestive hemorrhages. On this occasion, they recall that these fistulae are unusual and exceptionally hemorrhagic. Diagnosis can only be made by a thorough endoscopic examination. If medical treatment can be envisaged when the tuberculous nature of the lesion has been ascertained, surgery is to be prefered in case of uncertain etiology; the intervetion enables the opening of the tuberculous abscess and, at the same time, the treatment of the oesophageal perforation and the suppression of hemorrhages.