title: [The clinical observation of 247 tuberculosis cases in Oral Maxillofacial region]
abstract: This paper presents a report of clinical observation on tuberculosis of oral and maxillofacial region in 247 patients.Of these which diagnosed by histopathology.94 cases are from mucous membrane of oral cavity,108 subjects from lymph nodes,27 ones from parotid gland,15 persons from facial dermis and 3 from jaw.Among 247 patients.154 cases were male and 93 female.The youngest was 2 years old and the eldest one was 71 of age and the mean age was 32 years old.The shortest course of disease was 15 days and the longest was 30 years,the mean course of time was two and half years.The rate of clinical diagnosis accord with pathology was 41.3%,most error diagnosis were to suspect inflammation,tumors and ulcer.In addition,the etiology,the clinical manifestion,diagnosis and therapies of oral and maxillofacial tuberculosis were analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology,Hubei Medical College. Wuhan 430070,China.
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Hu