Open AccessOral tuberculosis involving maxillary gingiva
Author(s) -
Rakesh Jaiswal,
Anil Singh,
Manjunath Badni,
Priyanka Singh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.94476
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , oral cavity , mycobacterium tuberculosis , sputum , differential diagnosis , dentistry , dermatology , saliva , disease , pathology
Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is transmitted by aerosolized saliva droplets among individuals in close contact with expelled sputum of a diseased patient. However, TB lesions of the oral cavity are often overlooked in the differential diagnosis. We report here a case of tuberculosis of oral cavity affecting the gingiva of a 24-year-old male.