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Chapter-14 Tuberculosis in ENT Practice

BOOK TITLE: Practical Approach to Tuberculosis Management

Author
1. Rathore PK
ISBN
9788180617676
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10639_14
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2006
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1. Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
Chapter keywords
Tuberculosis in ENT practice, Focus of infection, Inhalation of tuberculous bacilli, Paranasal sinuses, Postprimary pulmonary tuberculosis, Tuberculosis of larynx, Tuberculosis of middle ear and aditus, Tuberculosis of nose

Abstract

To learn and understand the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in ear, nose and throat. Tuberculosis of the nose and peranasal sinus is rare condition and is the result of extension from the neighbouring focus of infection or from the lungs. Primary involvement in very rare. tuberculus foci have been demonstrated as occurring in bone marrow of the middle ear, especially in children, with no involvement of the mucus membrane of the middle ear. It is definitely a disheartening from the patients point of view to see disfigurement in the face and neck as a stigma, but the encouraging results of 6 to 9 months of antitubercular chemotherapy provides excellent way to council the patient of complete recovery. Elucidated with clinical case reports.

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