title: Primary tuberculosis of palate.
abstract: Primary tuberculosis (TB) of the hard palate is very rare. A 74-year-old man was presented with 6-month history of dysphagia along with an irregular mass in the hard and soft palate. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed thickened and increased signal intensity within hard and soft palate. Tissue biopsy showed focal caseating granulomatous-like lesion and the histochemical staining using Ziehl-Neelsen stain for acid-fast bacilli was positive. Positive histochemical studies provided evidences that the hard palate mass was most likely due to TB. Thus, the patient was started on antituberculous therapy.
authors: (Corresponding author) MD Department of Otorhinolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Jalan Residensi, 10990 Georgetown, Penang General Hospital, Malaysia. Email: hk_irise@hotmail.com.
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authors: MD, MS ORL Department of Otorhinolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Jalan Residensi, 10990 Georgetown, Penang General Hospital, Malaysia. Email: sazmis@yahoo.com.
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authors: Dr. Pua Kin Choo MBBS, MS ORL Department of Otorhinolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Jalan Residensi, 10990 Georgetown, Penang General Hospital, Malaysia. Email: puakinchoo@icloud.com.
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keywords: Tuberculosis; extrapulmonary; hard palate; oral cavity