title: Tuberculoma of the cheek: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, T. N. Medical College, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Hathiram
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Grewal
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Irani
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Tankwal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patankar
mesh_terms: D002610:Cheek; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000473:pathology*