Tuberculoma of the cheek: a case report

Tuberculoma of the cheek in the absence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body is rarely seen and hence rarely thought of as a differential diagnosis when such a patient presents. In the following case, the patient was provisionally diagnosed as carcinoma of the cheek because of the exophytic nature...

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Published in:Journal of laryngology and otology 1997-09, Vol.111 (9), p.872-873
Main Authors: Hathiram, Bachi T., Grewal, D. S., Irani, D. K., Tankwal, Paresh M., Patankar, Manish
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Cancer
Cheek
Clinical Records
Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology
Histopathology
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Oral hygiene
Otolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Surgery
Tuberculoma
Tuberculoma - pathology
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Oral - pathology
Tumors
Ulcers
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Summary:Tuberculoma of the cheek in the absence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body is rarely seen and hence rarely thought of as a differential diagnosis when such a patient presents. In the following case, the patient was provisionally diagnosed as carcinoma of the cheek because of the exophytic nature of the growth and its presentation. However, histopathology of a biopsy revealed tuberculoma and the response to antituberculous therapy was rapid and curative.
ISSN:0022-2151
1748-5460
DOI:10.1017/S002221510013885X