Tuberculosis masquerading as oral malignancy. 2011

S Kannan, and Purvi Thakkar, and Anil K Dcruz
Department of Head & Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Tuberculosis of the oral cavity is a rare condition. A 55-year-old labourer was referred as a case of oral cancer for further management. The patient had no systemic symptoms. Biopsy of the lesion revealed caseating granulomatous inflammation. Chest X-ray and sputum revealed evidence of asymptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis. The purpose of this paper is to sensitize clinicians to consider oral tuberculosis as a differential diagnosis in patients with an Non-healing oral cavity ulcer.

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