TB Research

A RARE CASE OF INFERIOR TURBINATE TUBERCULOSIS

R. Jaya Durgadevi, Deeganta Mohanty

INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH · 2020-03

Abstract

Tuberculosis is chronic granulomatous inammation of lung (primary tuberculosis mainly concerned with lung). Though Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection can occur in all tissues of the body, pulmonary tuberculosis infection is overwhelmingly the most common type of infection representing approximately 80% of all cases of tuberculosis 1 (TB) . Among the extrapulmonary tuberculoses, the most common 2 manifestation is lymphadenitis .

MeSH terms

  • Tuberculosis
  • Medicine
  • Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Lung
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Pathology
  • Immunology