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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1971;14(4): 83-5. |
A Case of so Called Primary Tuberculosis of the Nose |
Jong Dam Lee, MD, and Kil Hong Choi, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea |
臨床的 原發性 鼻結核症의 1例 |
李鍾澹 · 崔佶弘 |
釜山大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室 |
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ABSTRACT |
Authors recently experienced a case of so called primary tuberculosis of the nose. The patient was 35 year old woman with complaints of left nasal obstruction, crust formation and rhinorrhea for 2 years. Local finding revealed crusts-covered sessile tumor mass on the ant. portion of the left inferior turbinate, which was confirmed histopathologically as the tuberculosis of the nose; however, chest X-ray revealed negative and tubercle bacilli could not be approved by smear and culture with nasal discharge and sputum. It was completely healed with surgical and anti-Tb therapy after 5 months.
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