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 1995; 6(1):98-101

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

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1995.6.1.98

임상

원발성 비결핵 1례

박경윤¹, 임귀채¹, 이건일¹, 김진용¹, 이시영¹

A Case of Primary Nasal Tuberculosis

Kyoung Yoon Park¹, Kui Chae Yim¹, Kun II Lee¹, Jin Yong Kim¹, See Young Lee¹

¹전주 예수병원 이비인후과

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Presbyterian Medical Center, Chonju, Korea

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Primary tuberculosis of the nose is a very rare entity. We recently experienced a case of primary tuberculosis of the nose with no positive sign of pulmonary tuberculosis.

The patient was 29 year-old-woman with complaints of left nasal obstruction, crust formation, dryness of nasal cavity for 1 year. Physical finding revealed crust-covered tumor mass on the anterior portion of the left middle turbinate， which was confirmed histopathologically as the tuberculosis of the nose. But tubercle bacilli could not be approved by smear and culture with nasal discharge and sputum.

It was completely healed with surgical and anti-tuberculous therapy after 9 months.

So reported it with review of literatures.

Keywords: Primary tuberculosis; Nose