Unusual association of secondary tonsillar and cerebral tuberculosis.
The patient was a 50-year-old alcoholic man with a left palatine tonsillar ulcer. Histopathological and bacteriological studies established the diagnosis of tonsillar tuberculosis with asymptomatic advanced pulmonary tuberculosis and multiple cerebral supra- and infratentorial tuberculomas previously unnoticed.
Adiego
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MI
Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.
Millán
J
J
Royo
J
J
Domínguez
L
L
Castellote
M A
MA
Alfonso
J I
JI
Vallés
H
H
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014066:Palatine Tonsil; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications