Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013; 24(2):255-260

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2013.24.2.255

증례

폐 외 결핵 중 원발성 비인두결핵 4예

이준기¹, 조헌포¹, 이영민¹, 박준호¹^,^*

Four Cases of Primary Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Presenting as Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Jun Ki Lee¹, Hun Po Cho¹, Young Min Lee¹, Jun Ho Park¹^,^*

¹대구파티마병원 이비인후과

¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea

^*교신저자: 박준호, 701-600 대구광역시 동구 아양로 99 대구파티마병원 이비인후과 전화 :(053) 940-7258·전송:(053) 954-7417 E-mail:jhpark@fatima.or.kr

© Copyright 2013 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Aug 30, 2013; Revised: Sep 12, 2013; Accepted: Oct 31, 2013

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis of the upper respiratory tract is an uncommon disease, and nasopharynx is rarely involved without evidence of active pulmonary or systemic tuberculosis. The incidence of tuberculosis has decreased because of anti-tuberculous chemotherapy. Recently, we experienced 4 cases of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis. Yet the management strategy of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is controversial but a medical therapy with anti-tuberculous drugs is usually effective, and surgical therapy is rarely needed. We report our findings in these primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis patients with a review of the relevant literature. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2013;24:255-260)

Keywords: 결핵; 기도; 비인두

Keywords: Tuberculosis; Respiratory tract; Nasopharynx