A sheep farmer's apparent esophageal tumor was actually a dangerous Brucella-linked aortic leak

A sheep farmer's apparent esophageal tumor was actually a dangerous Brucella-linked aortic leak

A 66-year-old sheep farmer had trouble swallowing. Doctors found a Brucella-infected bulge in his aorta pressing on his esophagus, not a tumor.

A Sheep Farmer's Trouble Swallowing Came From a Brucella-Infected Bulge in His Aorta

A 66-year-old farmer went to the hospital because food had been getting stuck when he swallowed for more than 10 days. A camera exam found a bulge pressing into his esophagus. It looked like it might be a tumor. It was something else. The bulge was a pseudoaneurysm, a leak in the wall of the […]