Primary tuberculosis of the vallecula and pyriform sinus: a case report and review of literature.

Kamyar Iravani, Shahindokht Bassiri Jahromi, Mohammad Javad Ashraf

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Article in Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

Primary tuberculosis of the pyriform sinus: A case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kamyar IravaniDepartment of Otorhinolaryngotogy. Shiraz University of Medial Sciences. Shiraz, Iran.

Shahindokht Bassiri JahromiDepartment of Mycology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Javad AshrafDepartment of Pathology,Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz,Iran.

Pasteur Institute of Iran · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTuberculosis (TB) is a relatively prevalent infectious disease caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis. It primarily involves the lungs, but it can also affect other organs causing a variety of symptoms. CASE REPORT: In this report, a rare case with primary involvement of pyriform sinus and vallecula due to tuberculosis in a 74-year-old woman who complained of odynophagia for 6 months, is reported. There were no clinical or radiological pulmonary findings.

conclusionThe authors point out the epidemiological importance of tuberculosis and the need for more suspicion when dealing with uncommon lesions to make an early diagnosis.

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ExtrapulmonaryPyriform sinusTuberculosisVallecula

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PMID25938090

PMCPMC4409963

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