Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Combined with Tuberculous Otomastoiditis and Facial Nerve Palsy

Primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis (TB) without pulmonary involvement is rare, even in endemic areas. Herein, we present a rare complication of primary nasopharyngeal TB accompanied with tuberculous otomastoiditis (TOM) and ipsilateral facial nerve palsy, in a 24-year-old female patient, with compu...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Choi, Hee Young, Jang, Ji Hye, Lee, Kyung Mi, Choi, Woo Suk, Kim, Sang Hoon, Yeo, Seung Geun, Kim, Eui Jong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
Materias:
Head & Neck Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27127580
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.30941
_version_ 1782428447822315520
author Choi, Hee Young
Jang, Ji Hye
Lee, Kyung Mi
Choi, Woo Suk
Kim, Sang Hoon
Yeo, Seung Geun
Kim, Eui Jong
author_facet Choi, Hee Young
Jang, Ji Hye
Lee, Kyung Mi
Choi, Woo Suk
Kim, Sang Hoon
Yeo, Seung Geun
Kim, Eui Jong
author_sort Choi, Hee Young
collection PubMed
description Primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis (TB) without pulmonary involvement is rare, even in endemic areas. Herein, we present a rare complication of primary nasopharyngeal TB accompanied with tuberculous otomastoiditis (TOM) and ipsilateral facial nerve palsy, in a 24-year-old female patient, with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imagery findings.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4841938
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2016
publisher Kowsar
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-48419382016-04-28 Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Combined with Tuberculous Otomastoiditis and Facial Nerve Palsy Choi, Hee Young Jang, Ji Hye Lee, Kyung Mi Choi, Woo Suk Kim, Sang Hoon Yeo, Seung Geun Kim, Eui Jong Iran J Radiol Head & Neck Imaging Primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis (TB) without pulmonary involvement is rare, even in endemic areas. Herein, we present a rare complication of primary nasopharyngeal TB accompanied with tuberculous otomastoiditis (TOM) and ipsilateral facial nerve palsy, in a 24-year-old female patient, with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imagery findings. Kowsar 2016-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4841938/ /pubmed/27127580 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.30941 Text en Copyright © 2016, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Iranian Society of Radiology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Head & Neck Imaging
Choi, Hee Young
Jang, Ji Hye
Lee, Kyung Mi
Choi, Woo Suk
Kim, Sang Hoon
Yeo, Seung Geun
Kim, Eui Jong
Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Combined with Tuberculous Otomastoiditis and Facial Nerve Palsy
title Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Combined with Tuberculous Otomastoiditis and Facial Nerve Palsy
title_full Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Combined with Tuberculous Otomastoiditis and Facial Nerve Palsy
title_fullStr Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Combined with Tuberculous Otomastoiditis and Facial Nerve Palsy
title_full_unstemmed Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Combined with Tuberculous Otomastoiditis and Facial Nerve Palsy
title_short Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Combined with Tuberculous Otomastoiditis and Facial Nerve Palsy
title_sort primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis combined with tuberculous otomastoiditis and facial nerve palsy
topic Head & Neck Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27127580
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.30941
work_keys_str_mv AT choiheeyoung primarynasopharyngealtuberculosiscombinedwithtuberculousotomastoiditisandfacialnervepalsy
AT jangjihye primarynasopharyngealtuberculosiscombinedwithtuberculousotomastoiditisandfacialnervepalsy
AT leekyungmi primarynasopharyngealtuberculosiscombinedwithtuberculousotomastoiditisandfacialnervepalsy
AT choiwoosuk primarynasopharyngealtuberculosiscombinedwithtuberculousotomastoiditisandfacialnervepalsy
AT kimsanghoon primarynasopharyngealtuberculosiscombinedwithtuberculousotomastoiditisandfacialnervepalsy
AT yeoseunggeun primarynasopharyngealtuberculosiscombinedwithtuberculousotomastoiditisandfacialnervepalsy
AT kimeuijong primarynasopharyngealtuberculosiscombinedwithtuberculousotomastoiditisandfacialnervepalsy

Ejemplares similares