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Base of Tongue Tuberculosis: A Case Report
Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that has displayed increasing incidence in the last decades. It is estimated that up to 20% of tuberculosis cases affect extra-pulmonary organs. In the ENT area, soft palate and tongue are the least probable locations. Case Report A 62-year-old female with a history of rheumatoid arthritis and treatment with corticosteroids and Adalimumab, d...
متن کاملPrimary Tuberculosis of Tongue.
Tuberculosis is a granulomatous disease caused by mycobacterium.1-3 The lung is the most common site of involvement, and it is very rare to involve the oral cavity.1,2 Most of the tuberculous lesions of oral cavity are secondary to lung disease, usually seen in elderly patients.1 Primary tuberculosis of the oral cavity is rare and is most commonly found in children and adolescents rather than i...
متن کاملbase of tongue tuberculosis: a case report
we report a rare case of base of tongue tuberculosis following pulmonary tuberculosis. patient presented to us with chief complaints of sore throat and pain on swallowing for period of 3 months. on examination with 70 degree telescope, we observed an ulcer on right side of base of tongue. the edges of the ulcer appeared to be undermined with whitish slough at the centre of the ulcer. examinatio...
متن کاملBase of Tongue Tuberculosis: A Case Report
INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that has displayed increasing incidence in the last decades. It is estimated that up to 20% of tuberculosis cases affect extra-pulmonary organs. In the ENT area, soft palate and tongue are the least probable locations. CASE REPORT A 62-year-old female with a history of rheumatoid arthritis and treatment with corticosteroids and Adalimumab, de...
متن کاملPrimary tuberculosis of the tongue: a case report.
AIM The purpose of this article is to report a rare case of primary tuberculosis of the tongue. BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is an infectious, chronic granulomatous disease that can involve almost any organ in the body, but primary lesions are usually confined to the lungs. Oral lesions are an infrequent occurrence in tuberculosis, and tuberculosis of the oral cavity is often a consequence of acti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1916
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-191602000-00003