Tuberculosis of the nasal fossa manifested by a polypoid mass.
Since the introduction of effective antituberculous chemotherapy, upper respiratory tract tuberculosis is infrequent; nasal involvement is a very rare form of this disease. In this localization, tuberculosis is usually unilateral and typically discloses a definite granular mass or an ulcer. We report a case manifested by an intranasal mass on computerized tomography scans that evolved as chronic rhinitis.
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain.
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D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology