A Case of Tuberculosis of the Palatine Tonsil |
Kwang Sik Jun, MD, and Kwang Soo Kim, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, St. Benedict Hospital, Pusan, Korea |
구개편도에 발생한 결핵 1례 |
전광식 · 김광수 |
성분도병원 이비인후과 |
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ABSTRACT |
Tuberculous infection of the Tonsil may be secondary to tuberculous lesion elsewhere in the body, especially the lung or rarely primary affection from tubercle bacilli. A 35 years old male carpenter visited to the department of E.N.T. because of sore throat and swallowing pain for 8 months. Physical examination revealed whitish ulceration of both palatine tonsils. He was diagnosed as secondary palatine tonsil tuberculosis and successfully treated by antituberculous therapy.
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