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Primary tuberculosis of the posterior oropharyngeal wall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. Hajioff ,
M. H. Snow ,
H. Thaker  and
J. A. Wilson
D. Hajioff*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK.
M. H. Snow
Affiliation:
Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, UK.
H. Thaker
Affiliation:
Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, UK.
J. A. Wilson
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr Daniel Hajioff, Department of Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7DN. Fax: +44 973 473662 e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We report a case of primary tuberculosis of the posterior oropharyngeal wall presenting with sore throat, fever and malaise. Pharyngeal tuberculosis is rare and usually occurs with primary pulmonary disease. Primary disease has been reported in small numbers in the nasopharynx and palatine tonsil but never before, to our knowledge, in the posterior oropharyngeal wall.

Keywords

TuberculosisOropharynx
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 113 , Issue 11 , November 1999 , pp. 1029 - 1030
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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