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Multiple oral ulcers leading to diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

We report a 47 year old man who presented with painful non-healing tongue ulcers of 3 months duration. Examination revealed an additional buccal ulcer that he was unaware of. Histopathology of the ulcers showed caseation necrosis. Following this report, chest radiography and sputum microscopy perfor...

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Autores principales: Nagaraj, Vezhavendhan, Sashykumar, Shanthi, Viswanathan, Stalin, Kumar, Sathish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4023190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24883035
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1305-7456.110197