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Primary lingual tuberculosis: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Abhay Gupta ,
K. J. Shinde  and
Ira Bhardwaj
Abhay Gupta*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, Pravara Rural Medical College, Loni, Maharashatra, India.
K. J. Shinde
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, Pravara Rural Medical College, Loni, Maharashatra, India.
Ira Bhardwaj
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, Pravara Rural Medical College, Loni, Maharashatra, India.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Abhay Gupta, c/o Shri Arun Lahari, Daly College, Indore (MP), India, 452 001 Fax: 91-731-402 674
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Abstract

Tuberculosis is very common in India and Southeast Asia, where the prevalence rate is about four per 1000 population and the incidence rate of the disease is two per cent. Fifteen per cent of the tuberculous population of the world reside in India. Both secondary and primary tuberculous lesions of the tongue and oral cavity are rare. We report a 60-year-old male with the seventh case of primary lingual tuberculosis.

Keywords

TuberculosisTongue
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 86 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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