Oral tuberculosis following successful treatment of oral malignancy | Zendy

Preeti Bagga | Zendy; Abhinav Dewan | Zendy; Pankaj Kumar Agarwal | Zendy; Charu C. Garg | Zendy; Niloy R. Datta | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Oral tuberculosis following successful treatment of oral malignancy

Author(s) -

Preeti Bagga,

Abhinav Dewan,

Pankaj Kumar Agarwal,

Charu C. Garg,

Niloy R. Datta

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of cancer research and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 0973-1482

pISSN - 1998-4138

DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.106590

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , malignancy , oral cavity , tongue , lesion , dermatology , chemoradiotherapy , cancer , tongue neoplasm , surgery , radiation therapy , pathology , dentistry

Coexistence of tuberculosis and neoplastic lesion in the oral cavity is a rare phenomenon. Till date, only three such cases have been reported in the English literature. A case of oral tuberculosis manifesting 3 months following the successful treatment of cancer of the oral tongue with chemoradiotherapy is presented. The diagnostic dilemma it posed, and its eventual successful control by anti-tubercular treatment, is discussed.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research