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Pseudotumoral mycobacterial infection in the head and neck: A clinical study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. H. J. Lesser*
Affiliation:
London
A. F. Jefferis
Affiliation:
London
H. J. Shaw
Affiliation:
London
*
Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ.

Summary

The clinical aspects of mycobacterial infection of the head and neck are considered as presenting in patients at a cancer hospital over the last 15 years. Some difficulties in diagonsis with respect to the evalution of tuberculosis in this region are discussed.

A total of 32 patients with evidence of infection were identified. Twenty-six of these with cervical lymphadenopathy are considered as a group; their clinical features and diagonsis are summarized and a note made of the recent change in the macroscopic quality of the notes removed.

Six cases are given particular attention; two with laryngeal, two with nasal or adenodial infection and two with atypical mycobacterial infection diagnosed on clinical grounds.

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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