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Tuberculous Abscesses in the Head and Neck Region

Tuberculosis represents a global health challenge and is one of the leading infectious killers, with over a million people succumbing to it every year. While the disease is primarily prevalent in developing countries, where 95% of cases and deaths occur, doctors around the globe need to be able to r...

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Autor principal: Landegger, Lukas D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8947371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030686
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description Tuberculosis represents a global health challenge and is one of the leading infectious killers, with over a million people succumbing to it every year. While the disease is primarily prevalent in developing countries, where 95% of cases and deaths occur, doctors around the globe need to be able to recognize its diverse clinical manifestations in order to initiate appropriate treatment early. The granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis typically affects the lungs, but isolated abscesses in the head and neck region can be a less common presentation of the disease, potentially resulting in dysphagia, odynophagia, voice changes, neck swelling, bone erosion, and even life-threatening respiratory distress requiring tracheostomy. Here, characteristic imaging findings and potential surgical options are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-89473712022-03-25 Tuberculous Abscesses in the Head and Neck Region Landegger, Lukas D. Diagnostics (Basel) Interesting Images Tuberculosis represents a global health challenge and is one of the leading infectious killers, with over a million people succumbing to it every year. While the disease is primarily prevalent in developing countries, where 95% of cases and deaths occur, doctors around the globe need to be able to recognize its diverse clinical manifestations in order to initiate appropriate treatment early. The granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis typically affects the lungs, but isolated abscesses in the head and neck region can be a less common presentation of the disease, potentially resulting in dysphagia, odynophagia, voice changes, neck swelling, bone erosion, and even life-threatening respiratory distress requiring tracheostomy. Here, characteristic imaging findings and potential surgical options are discussed. MDPI 2022-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8947371/ /pubmed/35328238 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030686 Text en © 2022 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8947371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030686
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