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KMID : 0361019980410060809
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1998 Volume.41 No. 6 p.809 ~ p.812
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A Case of Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Tuberculosis
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Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare disease. The authors have recently experienced a case of a 40-year-old woman who had been presented with throat discomfort for 3 months. Her medical history showed no pulmonary tuberculosis,
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the physical examination revealed isolated granulomatous lesion on the nasopharynx and an isolated ulcerated granulomatous lesion on the posterior wall between nasopharynx and oropharynx (naso-oropharynx). Biopsies from the both sieds showed
tuberculoid
granuloma with multinucleated giant cells, caseous necresis, and chronic granulomatous inflammation. A trial of anti-tuberculous chemotherapy reduced the size and produced gradual healing of the lesion in seven months. We report this case with a
review
of literature.
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