Open AccessOral Manifestations of Tuberculosis: Step towards Early Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Pankaj Jain
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/10080.5281
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , tongue , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , disease , dermatology , maxilla , infectious disease (medical specialty) , dentistry , pathology , biology , botany , genus
Tuberculosis, as known universally, is a chronic infectious disease that can affect any part of the body including mouth. It usually affects the lungs, TB bacilli can spread hematogenously to other parts of the body and this also includes mandible or maxilla. It can occur in the mouth involving the tongue with very unusual features and forms. So oral lesions, although rare, are very important for early diagnosis and interception of primary tuberculosis.