Orofacial tuberculosis: A rare case report and a review
| Autor: | Ekta Singh Suneja, Himanta Bansal, Anjumanpreet Kaur Dua, Ishpaul Singh, Santosh Mahajan, Paramjot Kaur |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Submandibular lymph nodes
Molar medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis business.industry Periapical Granuloma 030206 dentistry medicine.disease Dermatology Lesion Mandibular second molar stomatognathic diseases 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure stomatognathic system medicine Tuberculoma medicine.symptom business Cause of death |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Oral Health Sciences. 7:111 |
| ISSN: | 2231-6027 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijohs.ijohs_34_17 |
| Popis: | Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death worldwide with India leading the count (World Health Organization report 2016). We present a case of right submandibular swelling and tuberculous periapical granuloma associated with carious mandibular 2nd molar adjacent to partially impacted third molar in a 35-year-old female patient. Histopathology report of periapical specimen revealed tuberculous granulomatous pathology that correlated with the histopathology report of submandibular lymph node on the same side of face. The lesion healed uneventfully with expert medical consultation. The patient was followed up for 13 months. |
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