title: Lingual tuberculosis.
abstract: Tuberculosis is a common disease in developing countries like Pakistan. Although it can involve almost any region of the body, some presentations are still very rare. This is a case report of a 36 years old male with tuberculous lesion on the tongue presenting as a lump. Patient also had disseminated disease. There are very few cases reported of this rare presentation across the globe.
authors.affiliation: Student, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naseem
authors.forename: Muhammad Jawad
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zafar
authors.forename: Mohammad Zafar
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Rabbani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014059:Tongue / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents