title: Primary oral tuberculosis: report of two cases.
abstract: Oral lesions of tuberculosis though uncommon, are seen in both the primary and secondary stages of the disease. In secondary tuberculosis, the oral manifestations may be accompanied by lesions in the lungs, lymph nodes, or in any other part of the body and can be detected by a systemic examination. Primary oral tuberculosis may present as a diagnostic challenge for the clinician. Here we report two patients with primary tuberculosis in the oral cavity who presented to the dental department, were diagnosed and referred for medical management.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Dental and Oral Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India. jagadishebenezer@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Jagadish
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ebenezer
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koshy
authors.forename: Rabin K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Chacko
authors.forename: Mary V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Jesudason
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology