Oon Amy, Razuan Nur Aida, Kuppan Ganesan, Mahadzir Mazlinda
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Malaya Medical Centre, 46200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Oct;74(Suppl 2):1612-1614. doi: 10.1007/s12070-021-02770-y. Epub 2021 Jul 27.
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 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.
结核病是一种高度传染性的肉芽肿性疾病,在东南亚地区流行。最常见的表现是肺结核,通过吸入细菌飞沫传播。鼻咽结核是一种罕见的疾病,由于其表现与鼻咽癌极为相似,因此诊断困难。在此,我们描述了两例模仿鼻咽恶性肿瘤导致诊断困难的鼻咽结核病例。