Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)

The Korean Society for Head and Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회)
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Primary Tuberculosis of the Oral Tongue: A Case Report and Literature Review

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  • Han, Chun (Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ji Hoon (Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Soon Hee (Department of Pathology Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Bong, Jeong Pyo (Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
  • 한준 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 김지훈 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 정순희 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 병리학교실) ;
  • 봉정표 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 이비인후과학교실)
  • Received : 2017.06.15
  • Accepted : 2017.07.11
  • Published : 2017.11.30
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Abstract

Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease and extrapulmonary involvement of the oral cavity is an infrequent occurrence accounting for 0.2 - 1.5% of all extrapulmonary sites. The authors report a case of primary tuberculosis of the oral tongue in a 60-years-old male patient who visited the clinic for ongoing tongue pain that he experienced for several months. The lesion was initially indistinguishable from the malignancy, but differential diagnosis was performed on the biopsy with Ziehl-Neelseen stain. After treatment with anti-tuberculosis, the oral lesion healed completely without surgery.

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