Simultaneous oral, bone, and lung manifestations of tuberculosis

Antonione Santos Bezerra Pinto; Cristiane Furuse; Haroldo Arid Soares; Luiz Alexandre Thomaz; Lucas Novaes Teixeira

doi:10.5935/2525-5711.20170033

Authors

Antonione Santos Bezerra Pinto Federal University of Ceará. São Leopoldo Mandic
Cristiane Furuse Universidade Estadual Paulista
Haroldo Arid Soares Santos Metropolitan University
Luiz Alexandre Thomaz São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center
Lucas Novaes Teixeira São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/2525-5711.20170033

Keywords:

Tuberculosis, Communicable Diseases, Oral Medicine

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium tubercu- losis, which is transmitted by saliva droplets from patients with active pulmonary disease to persons in close contact with those infected. TB remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, including Brazil. This disease primarily occurs in the lungs; however, other organs can be affected. Cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis or scrofula is the commonest form of extrapulmonary TB, particularly in immunocompro- mised patients. In the stomatognathic system, the tongue is the site most often affected by TB, whereas bone is rarely affected. The diagnosis of the active form of TB is made based mainly on clinical and radiographic findings, histopathologic features and sputum culture for M. tuberculosis, while the latent form of TB can be detected by tuberculin skin test or an interferon-γ release assay. The present article aimed to report a case of TB occurring concurrently in the oral cavity, bone and lungs.

Author Biographies

Antonione Santos Bezerra Pinto, Federal University of Ceará. São Leopoldo Mandic

Department of Morphology, Federal University of Ceará. Department of Oral Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center

Cristiane Furuse, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Department of Pathology and Clinical Propaedeutics, Araçatuba School of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual Paulista,

Luiz Alexandre Thomaz, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center

Department of Oral Pathology

Lucas Novaes Teixeira, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center

Department of Oral Pathology

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