JIBI INKOKA TEMBO
Online ISSN : 1883-6429
Print ISSN : 0386-9687
ISSN-L : 0386-9687
PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS OF THE EPIPHARYNX
Ryuta MiyanoTsuneya NakajimaHiroshi Moriyama
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1995 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 58-63

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Abstract
A rare case of primary epipharyngeal tuberculosis with adhesive otitis media is reported. The primary epipharyngeal tuberculosis was seen in a 24-year-old female. She complained of hearing impairment and ear fullness. On histopatho logicalexamination of a granulomatous masslesion in the epipharynx, she was diagnosed as having primary epipharyngeal tuberculosis.Treatment with antituberculosis agents, SM, INH and RFP greatly reduced the granular mass after 2 months of the therapy. The character of the primary epipharyngeal tuberculosis is discussed.
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