Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin

Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis (TCO) is a rare form of extrapulmonary TB. The Lack of respiratory symptoms and similarity of the presentations to other oral lesions can pose a diagnostic dilemma. Hence, delaying treatment and potentially devastating consequences

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Main Authors: Gawahir.A. Ali, Wael Goravey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921002614
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description Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis (TCO) is a rare form of extrapulmonary TB. The Lack of respiratory symptoms and similarity of the presentations to other oral lesions can pose a diagnostic dilemma. Hence, delaying treatment and potentially devastating consequences
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spelling doaj.art-5a0cedd8948342a7b4b0c8231712ed3e2022-12-21T23:34:44ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092021-01-0126e01305Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coinGawahir.A. Ali0Wael Goravey1Department of Infectious Diseases, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarCorrespondence to: Infectious Diseases Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.; Department of Infectious Diseases, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarPrimary tuberculosis cutis orificialis (TCO) is a rare form of extrapulmonary TB. The Lack of respiratory symptoms and similarity of the presentations to other oral lesions can pose a diagnostic dilemma. Hence, delaying treatment and potentially devastating consequenceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921002614TuberculosisCutis orificialisMucosa ulcerGolimumab
spellingShingle Gawahir.A. Ali
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Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin
IDCases
Tuberculosis
Cutis orificialis
Mucosa ulcer
Golimumab
title Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin
title_full Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin
title_fullStr Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin
title_full_unstemmed Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin
title_short Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin
title_sort primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis a different face of the same coin
topic Tuberculosis
Cutis orificialis
Mucosa ulcer
Golimumab
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921002614
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