1. Chronic non-healing ulcer of the oral cavity: tuberculosis or carcinoma?
- Author
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Swarup N, Nayak MT, Arun N, Chandarani S, and Chowdhary Z
- Subjects
- Adult, Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Bacteriological Techniques, Biopsy, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Granuloma drug therapy, Granuloma microbiology, Humans, Maxillary Diseases drug therapy, Maxillary Diseases microbiology, Oral Ulcer drug therapy, Oral Ulcer microbiology, Predictive Value of Tests, Radiography, Panoramic, Tuberculosis, Oral drug therapy, Tuberculosis, Oral microbiology, Granuloma diagnosis, Maxillary Diseases diagnosis, Mouth Neoplasms diagnosis, Oral Ulcer diagnosis, Tuberculosis, Oral diagnosis
- Abstract
Objective: Tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous lesion, which primarily has an affinity for the lungs. It can involve other sites like lymph nodes, kidney, oral cavity. Infection of the oral cavity by M. tuberculosis can be as a Primary infection or as a Secondary infection. Primary presentation of oral tuberculosis is in the form of the chronic non healing ulcer. A Primary infection or an Asymptomatic Secondary infection can impose a great diagnostic dilemma, as it may mimic neoplasia. Here we present a case of a 32-year-old asymptomatic female with secondary infection., (© 2018 Old City Publishing, Inc.)
- Published
- 2018