1994 Volume 87 Issue 12 Pages 1659-1663
We treated two patients with nasal tuberculosis. One was a 58-year-old female who visited our clinic because of right nasal obstruction and bleeding. Mild swelling of the inferior turbinate and a bloody nasal discharge were observed. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from the nasal discharge. Biopsy of the mucous membrane of the inferior turbinate showed a granuloma with epithelioid cells. The other was a 59-year-old female who visited us with complaints of right nasal obstruction, purulent nasal discharge, and frontal headache. Granulation, bleeding and crust attachment were observed on the right concha nasalis inferior and the nasal septum. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from the nasal discharge. Both patients had strongly positive Mantoux tests. Chest X-ray films showed evidence of old tuberulosis but no active pulmonary tuberculosis. Both patients were treated mainly with streptomycin and other anti-tuberculous drugs with satisfactory results.
