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Primary tonsillar tuberculosis: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Erol Selimoǧlu ,
Yavuz Sütbeyaz ,
M. Akif Çiftçioǧlu ,
Mehmet Parlak ,
Mukaddes Esrefoǧlu  and
Aziz Öztürk
Erol Selimoǧlu*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Atatürk, Erzurum, Turkey.
Yavuz Sütbeyaz
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Atatürk, Erzurum, Turkey.
M. Akif Çiftçioǧlu
Affiliation:
Departmnts of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Atatürk, Erzurum, Turkey.
Mehmet Parlak
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Bacteriology and Infection, Faculty of Medicine, University of Atatürk, Erzurum, Turkey.
Mukaddes Esrefoǧlu
Affiliation:
Departments and Histology and Embryology Faculty of Medicine, University of Atatiirk, Erzurum, Turkey.
Aziz Öztürk
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Atatürk, Erzurum, Turkey.
*
Dr Erol Selimoǧlu, Ataturk Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, K. B. B. Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, 25240 Erzurum, Turkiye. Fax: 442-2186782
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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.

Keywords

Tuberculosis, oralTonsil
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 9 , September 1995 , pp. 880 - 882
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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