title: [Orofacial tuberculosis. A general and anatomico-clinical analysis of 35 cases].
abstract: Anatomo-clinical data of 35 cases of maxillofacial tuberculosis are reported; the different clinical presentations of primary and secondary forms (ulcers are the most common clinical feature) and of rare form (lupus) are described and the problems concerning differential diagnosis and therapy are discussed. In the author's experience the microinvasive cytohistologic techniques (FNAB) with elective histochemical stains have been founded very usefully. The role of the stomatologist in the early diagnosis of this still-diffuse and misleading pathology is also underlined.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Odontostomatologica, Università degli Studi di Bari.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Favia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chiaravalle
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lacaita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laforgia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: La tubercolosi oro-facciale. Analisi generale ed anatomo-clinica di 35 casi.