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. 2016:2016:9128548.
doi: 10.1155/2016/9128548. Epub 2016 Mar 29.

Primary Nasal Tuberculosis in a 10-Year-Old Girl

Murat Özer  1 , Yasemin Özsurekçi  2 , Ali Bülent Cengiz  2 , Uğur Özçelik  3 , Ebru Yalçın  3 , Özay Gököz  4
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Primary Nasal Tuberculosis in a 10-Year-Old Girl

Murat Özer et al. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2016.

Abstract

Nasal tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity which mainly presents in elderly people. Nasal tuberculosis has always been considered to be secondary to tuberculosis of the lungs, and in rare instances it is a primary infection, usually when mycobacteria are inhaled. We describe the case of a 10-year-old girl who was successfully treated for primary nasal tuberculosis. This patient is one of the very few children who have been reported to have primary nasal tuberculosis.

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Figure 1
A reddish ulcerative lesion on the nose and in the internal mucosal layer at the admission: (a) right side and (b) front side. Improvement of the lesion 2 years later: (c) right side and (d) front side.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Occasional giant cells and inconspicuous necrosis at the center. HE ×400.
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