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Nasal Tuberculosis in a Teenage Female

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Although cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) is a rare form of extra-pulmonary TB, lupus vulgaris is the commonest variant of cutaneous TB. We present a 14 year female with non-healing ulcer over the upper lip extending and destroying the collumela and part of anterior nasal septum. Histopathological examination revealed TB as a possible cause of the lesion. Identification of acid-fast bacilli on direct stained smears confirms the diagnosis of TB. Complete healing of the ulcer was achieved with anti-tuberculous regime leaving a residual fibrosis over the site of the ulcer.

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Acknowledgements

I am grateful to thank the pathologist Dr. Ameer Dhahir for his kind preparation of the picture of the microscopic slide for the pathological specimen. I am also to give my thanks to the pathologist Assistant Professor Dr. Arkan Al-Essawi for his help in the interpretation of the pathological slide. I would like to thank the chief and sub-staffs of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Health Center in Al-Samawah City for their kindness cooperation in treatment and follow-up of the presenting case.

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AL-Ani, R.M. Nasal Tuberculosis in a Teenage Female. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 71 (Suppl 3), 2047–2049 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1462-9

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