Tuberculosis of the Oral Cavity Affecting Alveolus: A Case Report

We report a first case of tuberculosis of oral cavity affecting the left alveolus from Nepal in a 63-year-old male who came to otorhinolaryngology outpatient department with a complaint of an ulcer in the oral cavity and pain in bilateral ear and throat. An ulcer measuring 1.8 cm in diameter with ir...

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Autor principal: Kumar, Bipin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/945159
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description We report a first case of tuberculosis of oral cavity affecting the left alveolus from Nepal in a 63-year-old male who came to otorhinolaryngology outpatient department with a complaint of an ulcer in the oral cavity and pain in bilateral ear and throat. An ulcer measuring 1.8 cm in diameter with irregular friable margin and bleeding on touch was found in the left upper alveolar region of the oral cavity. Biopsy from the ulcer margin revealed histological features of necrotizing granulomatous lesion. Stain for acid fast bacilli was positive.
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spelling pubmed-33357102012-05-07 Tuberculosis of the Oral Cavity Affecting Alveolus: A Case Report Kumar, Bipin Case Rep Dent Case Report We report a first case of tuberculosis of oral cavity affecting the left alveolus from Nepal in a 63-year-old male who came to otorhinolaryngology outpatient department with a complaint of an ulcer in the oral cavity and pain in bilateral ear and throat. An ulcer measuring 1.8 cm in diameter with irregular friable margin and bleeding on touch was found in the left upper alveolar region of the oral cavity. Biopsy from the ulcer margin revealed histological features of necrotizing granulomatous lesion. Stain for acid fast bacilli was positive. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3335710/ /pubmed/22567449 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/945159 Text en Copyright © 2011 Bipin Kumar. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tuberculosis of the Oral Cavity Affecting Alveolus: A Case Report
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title_fullStr Tuberculosis of the Oral Cavity Affecting Alveolus: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculosis of the Oral Cavity Affecting Alveolus: A Case Report
title_short Tuberculosis of the Oral Cavity Affecting Alveolus: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335710/
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