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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1973;16(3): 61-3. |
A Case of Primary Nasal Tuberculosis |
Kie Dae Hong, MD, and Young Myoung Kim, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
원발성 비결핵의 1례 |
홍기대 · 김영명 |
연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 |
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ABSTRACT |
Primary tuberculosis of the nose has been reported to be rare in Korea because of well planned tuberculosis control and anti-tuberculous therapy. A 20 year-old girl, otherwise, relatively healthy, was consulted to the department of E.N.T. from the department of Dermatology because of ulcerated lesion on the cartilagenous portion of the nasal dorsum with the chief complaints of nasal obstruction, foul odored bloody discharge with frequent epistaxis and crust formation for one year. Nasal examination revealed a ulcerated lesion measured about 1.0×1.0 cm in size on the cartilagenous portion of the nasal dorsum and a purplish red coloured broad based bulging mass measured about 1.5×1.5 cm on the anterior superior portion of the nasal septum covered with dirty crust on both sides. A.F.B. stain and fungus culture from the intranasal lesion revealed as negative but histopathologic examination of biopsied specimen from the nasal dorsum showed as chronic granulomatous inflammation consistent with tuberculous infection. Radiological examination of the P.N.S. shows mucoperiosteal thickening in the both maxillary antrums suggesting maxillary sinusitis but the chest X-ray showed negative findings. She was diagnoed as primary nasal tuberculosis and treated with S.M 1.0 gm, I.M. every other day, I.N.H. 300mg nd PAS 9 gram daily with a good result. After 60 days treatment, nasal lesion is cured with a faint skin discoloration on the nasal dorsum.
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