Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2017
Primary tuberculosis presenting as gingival enlargement. A diagnostic impediment –A case report
Sharon Sylvia Dulapalli, Santha Kumari Prathypati
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Tuberculosis is one of the major causes of ill health and death worldwide. It is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by various strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis lesions of the oral cavity are rare and can be a diagnostic challenge. Most of the cases are secondary to pulmonary disease and the primary form is uncommon. Oral lesions of TB may be in the form of nodules, ulcers or elevated fissures. In this paper we present a case of primary oral tuberculosis affecting the gingiva manifesting as gingival enlargement in a 43 yr male patient. The diagnosis was based on histopathologic examination , CBP, chest X–ray and immunologic investigation with detection of antibodies against M.tuberculosis. This case report emphasizes the need for dentists to consider TB in the differential diagnosis of gingival enlargement keeping in view the increase in the incidence of tuberculosis
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Sharon Sylvia Dulapalli, Santha kumari Prathypati, Primary tuberculosis presenting as gingival enlargement. A diagnostic impediment –A case report, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-11 | November-2017
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Sharon Sylvia Dulapalli, Santha kumari Prathypati, Primary tuberculosis presenting as gingival enlargement. A diagnostic impediment –A case report, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-11 | November-2017
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