1. Primary tonsillar tuberculosis: a case report
- Author
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Mukaddes Esrefoglu, Aziz Öztürk, Parlak M, Yavuz Sutbeyaz, Erol Selimoglu, and Ciftçioğlu Ma
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Tuberculosis ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Palatine Tonsil ,Tonsillar Neoplasms ,Diagnostico diferencial ,Malignancy ,Diagnosis, Differential ,stomatognathic system ,medicine ,Humans ,Left tonsil ,Aged ,Tonsillectomy ,business.industry ,Pharyngeal Diseases ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Dental extraction ,Tonsil ,business ,Tuberculosis, Oral - Abstract
A 67-year-old man with an enlarged left tonsil underwent a tonsillectomy for the suspicion of malignancy. He had had a dental extraction six months earlier. Clinical and histopathological investigations established the diagnosis of primary tonsillar tuberculosis.
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- 1995