Primary Nasal Tuberculosis Presenting with Septal Perforation
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A 45 years old man with tuberculosis (TB) and secondary vasculitis presented with perforation of the nasal septum, involving skin and cranial nerves. Vasculitis is a recognized, tough rare complication of tuberculosis and has not been previously described in the literature as a cause of nasal septal perforation. It presents a diagnostic dilemma. The diagnostic challenges of this case are outlin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0929-6646
DOI: 10.1016/s0929-6646(08)60066-2