Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis: a case report

Abstract

Forty-four year old female presented with unilateral painless cervical lymph nodes. Endoscopic examination on nasopharynx showed mucosal irregularity on the posterior wall of nasopharynx. The biopsies of nasopharynx and lymph nodes showed granulomatous inflammation with caseation necrosis. Direct stain for acid fast bacilli was negative but culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Myobacterium tuberculosis were found positive. The patient was treated with antituberculosis regimen. Symptoms resolved after medication. A new case of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis was presented and discussed. The consideration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis of nasopharyngeal pathology was emphasized.

Keywords

• nasopharyngeal pathology
• nasopharyngeal tuberculosis
• nasopharynx
• mycobacterium tuberculosis.