CASE REPORTS
Secondary Lingual Tuberculosis Resembling Lingual Cancer with Lung Metastasis: Case Report
Akciğer Metastazı Olan Dil Kanserini Taklit Eden Sekonder Lingual Tüberküloz: Olgu Sunumu
Kürşat CEYLAN,aMD,Hülya BAYIZ,bMD,Ahmet YAVANOGLU,aMD,Zeynep KIZILKAYA,aMD,Erdal SAMİM,aMD,Hüseyin ÜSTÜN,cMD
aMinistry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital, E.N.T. Department, Ankara
bMinistry of Health Ankara Atatürk Thoracic Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Pulmonology Department, Ankara
cMinistry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Pathology Department, Ankara
KBB ve BBC Dergisi 15 (2):99-102, 2007
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ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis of the tongue is a rare condition that is usually associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. We present a case of secondary lingual tuberculosis in a 51-year-old man, heavy cigarette smoker and alcoholic who had disseminated lesions in lungs and had ulcera-tion and infiltration of the tongue. Treatment with antibiotics was ineffective. He was admitted to the otolaryngology department because of suspicion of the tongue cancer. Although lingual dorsum is not a frequent localization for the lingual cancer, painful, necrotic, granu-lar, friable and ulcerative nature of the lesion made lingual cancer to be taken into account in the differantial diagnosis. The clinical manifestations, diagnosis and the response to the antituberculosis treatment are considered with the literature review.
Keywords: Tongue, tuberculosis, lingual cancer, lung metastasis
ÖZET
Dil tüberkülozu genellikle pulmoner tüberküloz ile birlikte görülen nadir bir klinik durumdur. Bu yazıda ağır sigara içicisi, alkolik ve dilde ülserasyon ve infiltrasyon ile birlikte yaygın pulmoner lezyonları olan 51 yaşında bir erkek hasta rapor edilmiştir. Antibiyotikler ile tedavi yanıtsız kalmıştır. Hasta dil kanserinden şüphe edilerek kulak burun boğaz kliniğine refere edilmiştir. Dil dorsumu lingual kanser için mutat bir yerleşim yeri olmamasına karşın lezyonun ağrılı, nekrotik garnüler, frajil ve ülseratif karekteri dil kanseri şüphesini doğurmuştur. Klinik bulgular, ayırıcı tanı ve antitüberküloz tedaviye cevap hususları literatür bilgileri ışığında tartışılmıştır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Dil, tüberküloz, lingual kanser, pulmoner metastaz