Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis in a Philippine Tertiary General Hospital
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
; : 7-10, 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-973839
Biblioteca responsável:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
Objectiv@#This study aimed to determine the prevalence of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis among patients who were initially assessed to have a nasopharyngeal mass and subsequently underwent biopsy in a Philippine Tertiary General Hospital from 2013 to 2015. @*Methods@#Design:
Case Series.Setting:
Tertiary National University Hospital.Participants:
All patients with nasopharyngeal mass identified from January 2013 to December 2015 from a hospital wide census who underwent biopsy were investigated using chart and histopathology review. The prevalence of tuberculosis, malignancies and other findings were determined.@*Results@#Among 285 nasopharyngeal biopsies done between 2013 and 2015, 33 (11.6%) were histologically compatible with nasopharyngeal tuberculosis, 177 (62.1%) were different types of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 59 (20.7%) were chronic inflammation, 4 (1.4%) were lymphoma, 5 (1.8%) were normal, and 7 (2.5 %) had diagnoses other than those above. @*Conclusion@#This study suggests a relatively high prevalence rate (11.6%) of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis in patients who have a nasopharyngeal mass. This indicates that nasopharyngeal tuberculosis should always be a differential when confronted with a mass in the nasopharynx especially in tuberculosis endemic areas.
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Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
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Tuberculose
Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Filipinas
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Tuberculose
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Biópsia
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Carcinoma
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Nasofaringe
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Prevalência
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Censos
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Centros de Atenção Terciária
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Linfoma
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo