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. 2006 Feb;26(1):38-42.

Otorhinolaryngology-related tuberculosis

F Ricciardiello  1 , S Martufi, M Cardone, M Cavaliere, P D'Errico, M Iengo
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Otorhinolaryngology-related tuberculosis

F Ricciardiello et al. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2006 Feb.

Abstract
in English, Italian

Data from personal case histories, from 1984 to 2000 inclusive, are reported in order to contribute to a better understanding of some of the clinical and epidemiological ENT associated TB aspects. Analysis of these data shows that: (1) Like the pulmonary form, ENT localizations are increasing due to the traditional risk factors (immigration, poverty, immunodeficiency, drug addiction). (2) They are generally clinically primitive forms (which are found in extrapulmonary regions as the first expression of tubercular disease) and typically affect young people with a slight prevalence among females. Lymph gland localizations are the most frequent.

Gli Autori, al fine di portare un contributo ad alcuni aspetti clinico-epidemiologici della tubercolosi di interesse otorinolaringoiatrico, riportano i dati della loro casistica dal 1984 a tutto il 2000. La lettura e l’analisi di questi dati evidenzia che: 1. analogamente alla forma polmonare, anche le localizzazioni ORL sono di nuovo in incremento in relazione ai soliti fattori di rischio (immigrazione, povertà, immunodeficienza, tossicodipendenza); 2. si tratta in genere di forme clinicamente primitive (che si presentano in sede extrapolmonare quale prima espressione clinica di malattia tubercolare), interessano un’età tipicamente giovanile con lieve prevalenza per il sesso femminile. Le localizzazioni linfoghiandolari sono sicuramente le più frequenti.

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