PRIMARY TONSILLAR TUBERCULOSIS - A CASE-REPORT

SELIMOGLU E., SUTBEYAZ Y., CIFTCIOGLU M., PARLAK M., ESREFOGLU M., OZTURK A.

JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, vol.109, no.9, pp.880-882, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 109 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 1995
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s0022215100131573
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.880-882
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: No

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.