title: [A case of epipharyngeal tuberculosis with tuberculosis otitis media].
abstract: A 23-years-old female with no known previous contact with tuberculosis complained of right otorrhea. Treatment with antibiotics agent was resisted, and a tympanic perforation became two. Her tuberculin test was positive, but her chest X-ray showed no signs of lung tuberculosis. Posterior rhinoscopy revealed a granuloma in the epipharynx. Histological examination of a biopsy specimen revealed tuberculosis changes. Treatment with antituberculosis agents, SM.INH.RFP greatly reduced the mass and the tympanic perforation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kagawa Medical School.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications*; D014376:Tuberculosis