title: Tuberculosis masquerading as oral malignancy.
abstract: Tuberculosis of the oral cavity is a rare condition. A 55-year-old labourer was referred as a case of oral cancer for further management. The patient had no systemic symptoms. Biopsy of the lesion revealed caseating granulomatous inflammation. Chest X-ray and sputum revealed evidence of asymptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis. The purpose of this paper is to sensitize clinicians to consider oral tuberculosis as a differential diagnosis in patients with an Non-healing oral cavity ulcer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head & Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: Purvi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thakkar
authors.forename: Anil K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dcruz