Oral ulcer as presentation of cavitating pulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an indolent infection that can invade any organ. Although the most frequent form of presentation is pulmonary, it can have an extra-pulmonary presentation, including rare cases of oral tuberculosis.We present a clinical case of a 44 year-old man, active smoker, with an ulcerated lesi...

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Main Authors: Joana Fragoso, Mariana Marques Oliveira, Celina Gonçalves, Josefina Méndez, Rui Sarmento-Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920302845