Lingual Tuberculosis.
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2012-01
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Summary: Oral tuberculosis is very rare and when present they are usually secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Tuberculous lesions of the tongue have become so infrequent that they are virtually a forgotten disease entity and
may pose a diagnostic problem. The case reported in this paper emphasizes the importance of including tuberculosis
in the differential diagnosis of any chronic oral ulcer. The low number of oral infections by M. tuberculosis could be
due to underreporting.
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Tuberculosis, Tongue Ulcer
Citation
Mohanapriya T, Singh K Balaji, Arulappan T, Dhanasekar T. Lingual Tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 2012 Jan; 59(1): 39-41.