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Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series

Tuberculosis is a highly contagious granulomatous disease which is endemic in South East Asia. Most common presentation is pulmonary tuberculosis which is spread by droplets inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare entity which poses a diagnostic diff...

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Main Authors: Oon, Amy, Razuan, Nur Aida, Kuppan, Ganesan, Mahadzir, Mazlinda
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Published: Springer 2022
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RD Surgery
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spelling my.um.eprints.436622023-10-24T02:06:40Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/43662/ Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series Oon, Amy Razuan, Nur Aida Kuppan, Ganesan Mahadzir, Mazlinda RD Surgery Tuberculosis is a highly contagious granulomatous disease which is endemic in South East Asia. Most common presentation is pulmonary tuberculosis which is spread by droplets inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare entity which poses a diagnostic difficulty as its presentation is greatly similar to that of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Herein, we describe two cases of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis which mimics nasopharyngeal malignancy leading to diagnostic difficulties. © 2021, Association of Otolaryngologists of India. Springer 2022-10 Article PeerReviewed Oon, Amy and Razuan, Nur Aida and Kuppan, Ganesan and Mahadzir, Mazlinda (2022) Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 74. pp. 1612-1614. ISSN 2231-3796, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02770-y <https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02770-y>. 10.1007/s12070-021-02770-y
institution Universiti Malaya
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topic RD Surgery
spellingShingle RD Surgery
Oon, Amy
Razuan, Nur Aida
Kuppan, Ganesan
Mahadzir, Mazlinda
Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series
description Tuberculosis is a highly contagious granulomatous disease which is endemic in South East Asia. Most common presentation is pulmonary tuberculosis which is spread by droplets inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare entity which poses a diagnostic difficulty as its presentation is greatly similar to that of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Herein, we describe two cases of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis which mimics nasopharyngeal malignancy leading to diagnostic difficulties. © 2021, Association of Otolaryngologists of India.
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author Oon, Amy
Razuan, Nur Aida
Kuppan, Ganesan
Mahadzir, Mazlinda
author_facet Oon, Amy
Razuan, Nur Aida
Kuppan, Ganesan
Mahadzir, Mazlinda
author_sort Oon, Amy
title Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series
title_short Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series
title_full Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series
title_fullStr Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series
title_full_unstemmed Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case series
title_sort nasopharyngeal tuberculosis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case series
publisher Springer
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/43662/
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