Primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis.
Primary nasopharyneal tuberculosis is a rare disease which is commonly present with cervical lymphadenopathy. It is hard to differenciate the diagnosis of tuberculosis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Histologic and bacteriologic evaluation is required for diagnosis. A male patient at the age of nineteen applied to our clinic with the complaints of a mass in the neck, congestion in the nose, night sweating and weight loss. Clinical presentation of the patient was similar to that of a malignant tumor of the nasopharynx. Histologic and bacteriologic study supported the diagnosis of tuberculosis. After anti-tuberculosis therapy, the complaints of the patient regressed. We present a nasopharyngeal tuberculosis case in this study.
Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey. abdultas@yahoo.com
Abdullah
A
Taş
Recep
R
Yağiz
Murat
M
Koçyiğit
Ahmet R
AR
Karasalihoğlu
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001706:Biopsy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
D000995:Antitubercular Agents