Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Malaya Medical Centre, 46200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2022 Oct;74(Suppl 2):1612-1614.
PMID: 36452685 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-021-02770-y

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a highly contagious granulomatous disease which is endemic in South East Asia. Most common presentation is pulmonary tuberculosis which is spread by droplets inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare entity which poses a diagnostic difficulty as its presentation is greatly similar to that of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Herein, we describe two cases of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis which mimics nasopharyngeal malignancy leading to diagnostic difficulties.

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