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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 32(4); 1989 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1989;32(4): 713-6.
A Case of Primary Tuberculosis of the Pharynx
Sung Hee Kang, MD, Hyun Yun, MD, Jai Bong Chung, MD, and Kyu Sik Cynn, MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hallym University, Korea
원발성 인두결핵증의 1례
강성희 · 윤 현 · 정재봉 · 신규식
한림대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

Pharyngeal tuberculosis associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis was a common disease in the past, but it has become rare with the advent of anti-tuberculous chemotherapy. Moreover, Primary tuberculosis of the pharynx is now extremely rare. Authors recently experienced a case of primary tuberculosis of the pharynx. The patient was 50 year old man with the complaints of progressive weakness, sore throat and foreign body sensation of throat for one month and left cervical lymphadenopathy for twenty days. Histopathologically, it was confirmed as tuberculosis of the pharynx, however chest X-ray revealed negative and tubercle bacilli could not be identified in sputum by smear and culture. He was treated successfully with anti-tuberculous chemotherapy.

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