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Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
NA Shofoluwe, IY Shuaibu, IB Mohammed, D Chitumu, MA Usman, HO Aliyu.1
Department of Surgery, Division of ORL and 1Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University and Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria.
*Correspondence: NA Shofoluwe, Department of Surgery, Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Email: shofoisma@gmail.com Tel: +2348035638705
ABSTRACT Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis (NTB) is an extrapulmonary tubercular infection of the nasopharynx. It is a rare entity, even in endemic tuberculosis areas. Two potential pathways to infection have been described and these can either be primary or secondary. We present a case of Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis in an 18-year-old Nigerian student. The Clinical presentation, diagnosis and successful treatment of tuberculosis in the Nasopharynx is discussed.
Keywords: Nasopharynx, Tuberculosis, Case report
How to cite this article: NA Shofoluwe, IY Shuaibu, IB Mohammed, D Chitumu, MA Usman, HO Aliyu. Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature. J Med Bas Sci Res 2020;1(1):145-148.
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