Multifocal tuberculosis of the nose and lymph nodes without pulmonary involvement: a case report.
Tuberculosis of the nose is very rare. When it does occur, it almost always arises secondary to primary pulmonary tuberculosis. Nasal tuberculosis is most common in women older than 20 years. We report the case of a 16-year-old girl who presented with epistaxis, fever, submental swelling, and enlargement of multiple cervical and axillary lymph nodes. The patient was diagnosed with tuberculous granuloma of the nose and tuberculous lymphadenopathy. She was successfully treated with a 6-month regimen of standard antituberculous therapy.
Kamath
M Panduranga
MP
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka State, India. kamathmp@yahoo.co.in
Bhojwani
Kiran M
KM
Prabhu
Shivananda
S
Naik
Ramdas
R
Ninan
Geo P
GP
Chakravarthy
Yeshwanth
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001132:Arm; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents