Tuberculosis: Masquerade in Otorhinolaryngology
Arunima Viswakaran Sreelatha *
Department of ENT, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and Consultant Gitanjali EYE and ENT Hospital, Vazhuthacad, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Hetal Marfatia
Department of ENT, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pranita Bhagat
Department of ENT, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Chandrani Chatterjee
Department of ENT, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Ramprasath V.
Department of ENT, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a completely curable disease which can affect any part of the body. But rare site TB can lead to diagnostic dilemma as it mimics other conditions. This study aims at identifying cases at an early stage preventing morbidity and mortality associated with the same.
Keywords: Cholesteatoma, diagnostic error, parotid, radiology of the paranasal sinuses