Primary Tuberculosis of the Oral Tongue: A Case Report and Literature Review

Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology 2017;33(2):39-42.
Published online November 30, 2017.

Chun Han;Ji Hoon Kim;Soon Hee Jung;Jeong Pyo Bong

혀에서 발생한 일차성 결핵

한준;김지훈;정순희;봉정표

Abstract

Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease and extrapulmonary involvement of the oral cavity is an infrequent occurrence accounting for 0.2 - 1.5% of all extrapulmonary sites. The authors report a case of primary uberculosis of the oral tongue in a 60-years-old male patient who visited the clinic for ongoing tongue pain that he experienced for several months. The lesion was initially indistinguishable from the malignancy, but differential diagnosis was performed on the biopsy with Ziehl-Neelseen stain. After treatment with anti-tuberculosis, the oral lesion healed completely without surgery.

Key Words: Primary tuberculosis, Tongue, Oral cavity, Extrapulmonary tuberculosis