Tuberculoma of the cheek: a case report.
Tuberculoma of the cheek in the absence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body is rarely seen and hence rarely thought of as a differential diagnosis when such a patient presents. In the following case, the patient was provisionally diagnosed as carcinoma of the cheek because of the exophytic nature of the growth and its presentation. However, histopathology of a biopsy revealed tuberculoma and the response to antituberculous therapy was rapid and curative.
Hathiram
B T
BT
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, T. N. Medical College, Bombay, India.
Grewal
D S
DS
Irani
D K
DK
Tankwal
P M
PM
Patankar
M
M
D002610:Cheek; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000473:pathology*