Oral tuberculosis.
A case with oral tuberculosis and unaware of systemic tuberculosis is reported. The oral lesions clinically manifested as two painless ulcerations in the hard palate. Pulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed following the histopathologic and bacteriologic examination of the oral lesions.
Kolokotronis
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Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Antoniadis
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Trigonidis
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Papanagiotou
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*; D010159:Palate / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*