Tuberculosis of the Zygomatic Bone- A Rare Entity

Tuberculosis is one of the world’s oldest diseases dating back to 4000 years ago, which has been recognized by older civilizations such as the Indian (Rig Veda, Atharva Veda, 3000 1800 BC and Samhita of Charaka & Sushruta, 1000 & 600 BC), Egyptian and the Greco-Roman describing consumption of lungs, a disease having symptoms and signs which could only be tuberculosis of the lungs 1,2 . It is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), that can affect various systems of the body, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, which is the most common form, and various other organs such as lymph nodes and lymphatics, central nervous system, renal system, skeletal system, hepatic system, gastrointestinal system and oral cavity accounting for approximately 10% to 15% of all the patients 3,4 .