title: Unusual presentation of tuberculosis of the head and neck region. Report of three cases.
abstract: Three cases are reported in which the diagnosis of tuberculosis has only been made following surgery for suspected salivary gland tumor, sebaceous cyst and carotid body tumour. Surgery could have been avoided if tuberculosis had been considered in the initial differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, England.
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: el-Hakim
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Langdon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D011859:Radiography; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms; D012627:Sebaceous Glands; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging