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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul;32(3):180-2.
doi: 10.4103/0971-5851.92830.

Tuberculosis masquerading as oral malignancy

S Kannan  1 , Purvi Thakkar, Anil K Dcruz
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Case Reports

Tuberculosis masquerading as oral malignancy

S Kannan et al. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the oral cavity is a rare condition. A 55-year-old labourer was referred as a case of oral cancer for further management. The patient had no systemic symptoms. Biopsy of the lesion revealed caseating granulomatous inflammation. Chest X-ray and sputum revealed evidence of asymptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis. The purpose of this paper is to sensitize clinicians to consider oral tuberculosis as a differential diagnosis in patients with an Non-healing oral cavity ulcer.

Keywords: Gingivobuccal sulcus; oral cavity; tuberculosis.

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