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Oral Tuberculosis: An Acid Fast Negative Case Report

1Department of emergency medicine, Isfahan university of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2Department of oral medicine, Isfahan university of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran


American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. 2014, Vol. 2 No. 3, 45-47
DOI: 10.12691/ajidm-2-3-1
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Cite this paper:
Mehdi Nasr Isfahani, Parichehr Ghalayani, Fahimeh Pakravan. Oral Tuberculosis: An Acid Fast Negative Case Report. American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. 2014; 2(3):45-47. doi: 10.12691/ajidm-2-3-1.

Correspondence to: Fahimeh  Pakravan, Department of oral medicine, Isfahan university of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Email: Pakravanfahimeh@yahoo.com

Abstract

We report a rare case of tuberculosis of oral cavity in a 3.5 year-old male who was referred to oral medicine department with a chief complaint of a painless lesion in the oral cavity. Incisional biopsy from the lesion margin depicted histological features of necrotizing granulomatous lesion. Ziehl-Neelsen staining for acid fast bacilli, interestingly, was negative.

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