Open AccessINCIDENCE OF ORONASOPHARYNGEAL & LARYNGEAL TUBERCULOSIS CASES IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS CASES
Author(s) -
Mohd Aftab
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
up state journal of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-3450
DOI - 10.36611/upjohns/volume8/issue2/6
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , pulmonary tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , dermatology , larynx , surgery , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , radiation therapy , physics , optics
Background: Tuberculosis is a major globalhealth problem. Tuberculosis may be Pulmonaryor Extrapulmonary. Oro-nasopharyngeal andL a r yngea l tuberculosis a re a form ofExtrapulmonary Tuberculosis. Nasopharyngealtuberculosis presents with neck mass, nasalobstruction, rhinorrhoea, epistaxis, Otalgia,hearing loss and cervical Lymphadenopathy.Common symptom of Laryngeal tuberculosis ishoarseness of voice. This study will increaseawareness regarding Oro-nasopharyngeal /Laryngeal tuberculosis and will help indifferentiating it from Oro-nasopharyngeal /Laryngeal carcinoma.