title: [Tonsillitis tuberculous simulating tonsil cancer: case report].
abstract: Tuberculous of the oral cavity is rare, the attack tonsil remains exceptional. We report case a 25-year-old young male, who consults for an ulceration of the left unilateral tonsil, with a homolateral adenopathy jugulo-carotidien. The examination anatomopathologic of the tonsil biopsy revealed a tuberculous of the tonsil. The patient profited from an antituberculous treatment, the evolution was good.
authors.affiliation: CHU Rabat-Salé, Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed V, Service d'ORL et CCF, Hay Riad, BP 10000, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nadour
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hemmaoui
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Errami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elboukhari
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Attifi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Touihem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aljalil
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Qamouss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abrouq
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Azendour
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dafraoui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents