Khan Farhat Q, Deshmukh Prasad T
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha, IND.
Cureus. 2022 May 9;14(5):e24868. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24868. eCollection 2022 May.
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by , an acid-fast bacillus that is predominantly transmitted through the respiratory system. Although TB most commonly infects the lungs, it may also affect other organs, resulting in secondary extrapulmonary TB. Extrapulmonary TB may occur alone or in conjunction with a primary pulmonary focus, such as disseminated TB resulting from self-inoculation with infected sputum, blood, or lymphatics. The lymph nodes are the most commonly seen extrapulmonary sites of TB. Oropharyngeal tubercular lesions are infrequent, and primary TB of the oropharynx is even more uncommon. Here, we present an unusual case of oropharyngeal TB in a young immunocompetent patient occurring without any evidence of pulmonary TB or cervical lymphadenopathy.
结核病（TB）由一种抗酸杆菌引起，该杆菌主要通过呼吸系统传播。虽然结核病最常感染肺部，但它也可能影响其他器官，导致继发性肺外结核。肺外结核可能单独发生，也可能与原发性肺部病灶同时出现，例如因自身接种感染的痰液、血液或淋巴管而导致的播散性结核病。淋巴结是肺外结核最常见的部位。口咽部结核病变并不常见，口咽部原发性结核则更为罕见。在此，我们报告一例年轻免疫功能正常患者发生口咽部结核的不寻常病例，该病例无任何肺结核或颈部淋巴结病的证据。
