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Tuberculous mastoiditis and laryngitis: a case report
Author(s) -
Bryan Peter A.,
Lancken John H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136323.x
Subject(s) - mastoiditis , medicine , tuberculoma , laryngitis , tuberculosis , miliary tuberculosis , abscess , surgery , otitis , dermatology , pathology
A case of miliary tuberculosis is presented. The patient was an Asian immigrant, and presented to hospital with acute mastoiditis with apparent secondary cerebellar abscess formation. He later developed laryngeal tuberculosis, which required a tracheostomy, and a cerebral tuberculoma.