title: [Head and neck tuberculosis: a still urgent problem].
abstract: The upper respiratory tract is an unusual site for tuberculous infection. Most of the cases are secondary to active pulmonary tuberculosis. We present thirty five cases of tuberculosis localize in the head and neck region. There were twelve patients with lymphonodular tuberculosis, eleven patients with laryngeal tuberculosis, six patients with oral and pharyngeal tuberculosis, three patients with partoid gland tuberculosis, two patients with nose and paranasal sinuses tuberculosis and one patient with middle ear tuberculosis. This cases exemplifies the difficulty in diagnosis of tuberculosis in such an unusual sites.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Otolaryngologii Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruzgielewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wysocki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osuch-Wójcikiewicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010614:Pharynx / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Gruźlica głowy i szyi--problem wciaz aktualny.