TB Research

Primary sinonasal tuberculosis: A diagnostic challenge

Rachida Bouatay, Nawres Bouaziz, Khaled Harrathi, Jamel Koubaa

Otolaryngology Case Reports · 2024-05

Abstract

Primary sinonasal tuberculosis is very rare disease. It has to be evoked in case of a chronic rhinitis resisting to habitual treatment. Diagnosis is based on histopathology and a mycobacteriologic examination of the biopsy specimen. We report a case of primary tuberculosis confined to the unilateral maxillary sinus that was first misdiagnosed as chronic rhinosinusitis.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Primary tuberculosis
  • Dermatology
  • Primary (astronomy)
  • Tuberculosis