Primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis

Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg. 2009 Mar-Apr;19(2):109-11.

Abstract

Primary nasopharyneal tuberculosis is a rare disease which is commonly present with cervical lymphadenopathy. It is hard to differenciate the diagnosis of tuberculosis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Histologic and bacteriologic evaluation is required for diagnosis. A male patient at the age of nineteen applied to our clinic with the complaints of a mass in the neck, congestion in the nose, night sweating and weight loss. Clinical presentation of the patient was similar to that of a malignant tumor of the nasopharynx. Histologic and bacteriologic study supported the diagnosis of tuberculosis. After anti-tuberculosis therapy, the complaints of the patient regressed. We present a nasopharyngeal tuberculosis case in this study.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Biopsy
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nasopharyngeal Diseases / drug therapy
  • Nasopharyngeal Diseases / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / pathology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents