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Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. P. Bath ,
P. O'Flynn  and
K. P. Gibbin
A. P. Bath*
Affiliation:
Nottingham
P. O'Flynn
Affiliation:
Nottingham
K. P. Gibbin
Affiliation:
Nottingham
*
Dr A. P. Bath, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 3SR.
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Abstract

Isolated nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare disease with very few cases having been reported in recent years. We report a case presenting in the United Kingdom with unilateral otalgia and otorrhoea.

Keywords

Tuberculosis, nasopharynx
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 12 , December 1992 , pp. 1079 - 1080
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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