Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis mimicking Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case Series
Tuberculosis is a highly contagious granulomatous disease which is endemic in South East Asia. Most common presentation is pulmonary tuberculosis which is spread by droplets inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare entity which poses a diagnostic diff...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Indian journal of otolaryngology, and head, and neck surgery and head, and neck surgery, 2022-10, Vol.74 (Suppl 2), p.1612-1614 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Tuberculosis is a highly contagious granulomatous disease which is endemic in South East Asia. Most common presentation is pulmonary tuberculosis which is spread by droplets inhalation of
mycobacterium tuberculosis
bacterium. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare entity which poses a diagnostic difficulty as its presentation is greatly similar to that of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Herein, we describe two cases of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis which mimics nasopharyngeal malignancy leading to diagnostic difficulties. |
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ISSN: | 2231-3796 0973-7707 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s12070-021-02770-y |