title: Oral tuberculosis: a tongue case report.
abstract: The authors report a case of oral tuberculosis in a 38-year-old heavy cigarette smoker man. He showed a painful, non-healing ulcer with indurated borders of the lateral surface of the tongue. No tonsil or lymph node enlargement was also noted. The medical history was not significant for systemic disease. Histopathological examination showed granulomas exhibiting a central caseinating necrotic focus, surrounded by mononuclear cells, epithelioid histiocytes and multi nucleated Langhans giant cells. A mantle of lympocytes and fibrous tissue surrounded the granulomas. Since the morphologic picture oriented for tubercoloid granulomata, a Ziehl-Neelsen staining of the tissue was performed. Chest radiography did not detect any pulmonary or nodal disease. On the bases of these results a diagnosis of oral tuberculosis was established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Battista
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lo Russo
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Padovano Di Leva
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubini
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Vita Salute University San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Sberna
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Vita Salute University San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bollero
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Santis
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'agostino
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Vita Salute University San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy - dario.bertossi@univr.it.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bertossi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lo Muzio