摘要
Tuberculosis has global presence and no part of human body is immune to it,most frequent site beings lungs.Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare type oJ extrapulmonary tuberculosis comprising onlv less than 1%of tuberculosis found in the upper respiratory tract.The authors are presenting here a case of primary tubereulousis affecting the nasopharynx(adenoids) which is one of the rare differential diagnosis of nasopharyngeal mass.Isolated nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare condition even in the endemic areas.In literature there are varied clinical presentations of nasopharyngeal luberculosis.Tuberculosis should be one of the differential diagnosis of nasopharyngeal lesion.Biopsy and histologic study should be performed in every patient to avoid misdiagnosis.When treated properly,nasopharyngeal luberculosis carries a excellent progno.sis,and complete resolution of disease is the rule.
Tuberculosis has global presence and no part of human body is immune to it,most frequent site beings lungs.Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare type oJ extrapulmonary tuberculosis comprising onlv less than 1%of tuberculosis found in the upper respiratory tract.The authors are presenting here a case of primary tubereulousis affecting the nasopharynx(adenoids) which is one of the rare differential diagnosis of nasopharyngeal mass.Isolated nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare condition even in the endemic areas.In literature there are varied clinical presentations of nasopharyngeal luberculosis.Tuberculosis should be one of the differential diagnosis of nasopharyngeal lesion.Biopsy and histologic study should be performed in every patient to avoid misdiagnosis.When treated properly,nasopharyngeal luberculosis carries a excellent progno.sis,and complete resolution of disease is the rule.
