title: Primary lingual tuberculosis presenting as cold -Abscess tongue: A case report.
abstract: Oral manifestation of tuberculosis is uncommon Tongue is the most common oral site of involvement, where the presentations are varied. Here we report a case of primary lingual tuberculosis with an unusual presentation as a cold abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Vishwakarma
authors.forename: Shraddha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
keywords: Lingual tuberculosis; cold-abscess