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Unusual association of secondary tonsillar and cerebral tuberculosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. I. Adiego ,
J. Millán ,
J. Royo ,
L. Dománguez ,
M. A. Castellote ,
J. I. Alfonso  and
H. Vallés
M. I. Adiego*
Affiliation:
Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.
J. Millán
Affiliation:
Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.
J. Royo
Affiliation:
Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.
L. Dománguez
Affiliation:
Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.
M. A. Castellote
Affiliation:
Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.
J. I. Alfonso
Affiliation:
Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.
H. Vallés
Affiliation:
Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.
*
Dr M. I. Adiego, Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico Universitario, C/San Juan Bosco 15, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Abstract

The patient was a 50-year-old alcoholic man with a left palatine tonsillar ulcer. Histopathological and bacteriological studies established the diagnosis of tonsillar tuberculosis with asymptomatic advanced pulmonary tuberculosis and multiple cerebral supra- and infratentorial tuberculomas previously unnoticed.

Keywords

TuberculosisTonsilBrain
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 348 - 349
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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