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Primary tonsillar tuberculosis: a case report

Erol Selimoğlu, Yavuz Sütbeyaz, M. Akif Çiftçioğlu, Mehmet Parlak, Mukaddes Eşrefoğlu, Aziz Öztürk

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A 67-year-old man with an enlarged left tonsil underwent a tonsillectomy for the suspicion of malignancy. He had had a dental extraction six months earlier. Clinical and histopathological investigations established the diagnosis of primary tonsillar tuberculosis.

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A 67-year-old man with an enlarged left tonsil underwent a tonsillectomy for the suspicion of malignancy. He had had a dental extraction six months earlier. Clinical and histopathological investigations established the diagnosis of primary tonsillar tuberculosis.

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A 67-year-old man with an enlarged left tonsil underwent a tonsillectomy for the suspicion of malignancy. He had had a dental extraction six months earlier. Clinical and histopathological investigations established the diagnosis of primary tonsillar tuberculosis.

Key concepts: Tonsil, Medicine, Tonsillectomy, Malignancy, Tuberculosis, Palatine tonsil, Histopathological examination, Surgery

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