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Tuberculosis of the tongue

1979; Elsevier BV; Volume: 47; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0030-4220(79)90124-5

1878-2175

Takashi Fujibayashi, Yūzō Takahashi, Takanobu Yoneda, Youzo Tagami, Mikio Kusama,

Hematological disorders and diagnostics

A case of tuberculosis of the tongue in a 59-year-old woman with active pulmonary tuberculosis is described. The lingual tuberculosis was considered to be a secondary infection from the pulmonary disease, but the oral lesions were, in fact, noticed prior to recognition of the pulmonary lesion. This case was marked by a multiplicity of oral lesions arising on the bilateral surfaces of the tongue. Immunologic investigation revealed that cell-mediated immune responses in the patient were within the normal range in terms of the PPD skin test, DNCB skin test, lymphocyte transformation test, and subpopulation of the peripheral blood lymphocytes. Rosette-forming assay on the frozen sections disclosed that T-lymphocytes and macrophages were predominant in the lymphoid cells infiltrating the tuberculous lesion.