Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis

Chronic serous otitis media in the adult

“…No histological evidence of nasopharyngeal malignancy was found, and microbiological studies revealed similar flora in patients both with and without evidence of tubal dysfunction. All investigations for tuberculosis were negative, although we have previously reported a patient with chronic serous otitis media and nasopharyngeal tuberculosis (Mair and Johannessen, 1970). It is also worthy of mention that one of the patients with chronic nasopharyngitis (case 19) has subsequently developed cancer of the maxillary sinus.…”

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“…2 Neck node enlargement is the major presenting symptom in nasopharyngeal tuberculosis. 4 It is usually unilateral and could be seen in all levels of the neck. Other symptoms are variable and include nasal obstruction, hearing loss, tinnitus, otalgia, postnasal drip, brisk epistaxis, altered taste and smell, snoring, facial pain, pharyngeal pain, chronic otitis media and sore throat.…”

“…In 1936, Graff reviewed 118 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and found macroscopic lesions in the nasopharynx in 36% of the cases where as this percentage was 82% for histologic tuberculosis changes. 4,5 In 1946 Hollander reported a 75% incidence of tuberculosis in an autopsy study of 24 patients with pulmonary lesions. 4 …”

“…4,5 In 1946 Hollander reported a 75% incidence of tuberculosis in an autopsy study of 24 patients with pulmonary lesions. 4 …”

Secondary pharyngeal tuberculosis

“…Trenis (1940) [7] reported two cases of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis which were sputum positive for Acid Fast bacilli. Mair Jonannessen (1970) [8] described a patient with nasopharyngeal tuberculosis who had history of pulmonary tuberculosis and tubercular spondylitis and Raizada et al (1984) [9] reported one case of primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis and cervical Lymphadenopathy but no pulmonary lesion. Mehta et al (1996) [10] reported a case of primary posterior oropharyngeal wall tuberculosis.…”