Utility of fine needle aspiration cytology to diagnose intraoral tuberculosis and other oral granulomatous lesions.
Radhika AgarwalMeeta SinghSushil SharmaAnkita JaiswalShyama Lata JainNita KhuranaRavi MeherPublished in: Diagnostic cytopathology (2018)
Although oral mucosal TB is a rare presentation, clinicians and pathologists need to consider it early in the differential diagnosis of primary and secondary oral mucosal lesions. Such patients should be further evaluated for pulmonary TB and tuberculous lymphadenitis.
Keyphrases
- fine needle aspiration
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- ultrasound guided
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- prognostic factors
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- ulcerative colitis
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- rheumatoid arthritis
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- human immunodeficiency virus
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