Pseudotumoral mycobacterial infection in the head and neck: a clinical study.
The clinical aspects of mycobacterial infection of the head and neck are considered as presenting in patients at a cancer hospital over the last 15 years. Some difficulties in diagnosis with respect to the evolution of tuberculosis in this region are discussed. A total of 32 patients with evidence of infection were identified. Twenty-six of these with cervical lymphadenopathy are considered as a group; their clinical features and diagnosis are summarized and a note made of the recent change in the macroscopic quality of the nodes removed. Six cases are given particular attention: two with laryngeal tuberculosis, two with nasal or adenoidal infection and two with atypical mycobacterial infection diagnosed on clinical grounds.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009333:Neck; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014387:Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / Q000175:diagnosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis