Tuberculoma of the Tongue Presenting as Hemimacroglossia

Tuberculoma of the Tongue Presenting as Hemimacroglossia

The underdiagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis lesions, along with an emerging global resistance to antitubercular drugs, warrants an increased awareness of the involvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in atypical lesions of oral cavity. Tongue is the most common site of oral tuberculosis. We re...

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Main Authors: S. P. S. Yadav, Arpit Agrawal, J. S. Gulia, Sunita Singh, Arsh Gupta, Vineet Panchal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/548350

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