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Tuberculoma of the cheek: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Bachi T. Hathiram ,
D. S. Grewal ,
D. K. Irani ,
Paresh M. Tankwal  and
Manish Patankar
Bachi T. Hathiram*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Bombay, India.
D. S. Grewal
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Bombay, India.
D. K. Irani
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Bombay, India.
Paresh M. Tankwal
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Bombay, India.
Manish Patankar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Bombay, India.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Bachi T. Hathiram, Department of Otolaryngology, T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central, Mumbai 400 008, Maharashtra, India.
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Abstract

Tuberculoma of the cheek in the absence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body is rarely seen and hence rarely thought of as a differential diagnosis when such a patient presents.

In the following case, the patient was provisionally diagnosed as carcinoma of the cheek because of the exophytic nature of the growth and its presentation. However, histopathology of a biopsy revealed tuberculoma and the response to antituberculous therapy was rapid and curative.

Keywords

TuberculomaCheek
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 9 , September 1997 , pp. 872 - 873
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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