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| A RARE PRESENTATION OF TUBERCULOSIS - CONCURRENT TB OTITIS,
NASOPHARYNGEAL TB AND TB ADENITIS: A CASE REPORT |
| DEP. OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY©Ö, AMANG RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, PHILIPPINES, DEP. OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY©÷, CALAMBA MEDICAL CENTER, PHILIPPINES, |
| PATRICIA PARUNGAO DAGANTA,
PATRICIA PARUNGAO DAGANTA©Ö, ADRIAN FERNANDO©Ö, RUBILIZA ONOFRE TELAN©Ö ©÷
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A 42 y/o female presented with a 7-month persistent right ear fullness
associated with tinnitus, later developed whitish-yellowish mucoid ear
discharge accompanied with a draining pre-auricular abscess and matted
mass at the right neck levels II-III, 5 months in the interim. Chest
radiograph revealed right basal pneumonitis while neck CT scan showed
ill-defined soft mass in the right nasopharyngeal area, effacing the
right Rosenmüller fossa. Nasopharyngeal biopsy revealed chronic
caseating granulomatous inflammation consistent with tuberculosis, TB.
But GeneXpert MTB was negative. Multidisciplinary evaluation led to the
diagnoses of TB of the lymph nodes and nasopharynx and suspected TB
otitis. Attendings started Anti-Kochs¡¯ medication, leading to the
gradual improvement of symptoms and eventual subjective disappearance of
tinnitus.
TB can occur in multi-anatomical sites: nasopharynx, cervical lymph
nodes, and ears, synchronous or simultaneous. It leads to complex
presentations with multifocal involvement warranting multidisciplinary
approach. This stresses the importance of diagnosis guided clinical
judgment in initiating treatment, especially in countries where TB is
endemic. |
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