Primary Tuberculosis of the Maxillary Sinus: A case report

  • Wail N. Osman Consultant ORL H & NS and Assistant professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, P.O. Box 20, Wad-Medani, Sudan
  • Osman M. El-Mustafa Consultant ORL H & NS and Assistant professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, P.O. Box 20, Wad-Medani, Sudan
  • Mohammed Elawad Elsiddig Professor and senior consultant of ORL, H & NS, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira. P.O. Box 20. Wad- Medani. Sudan

Abstract

Tuberculosis is up-to-date a leading cause of human suffering and loss of life. Although tuberculosis is a systemic disease, primary tuberculosis of the paranasal sinuses is rare. It should be kept in mind in any undiagnosed or atypical clinical infection or inflammation in this region. We present here a case of primary paranasal sinuses tuberculosis in an elderly Sudanese woman. Although Sudan is one of the highest three countries in the incidence of tuberculosis, this is the first case to be reported in Sudan

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Published
2011-06-01
How to Cite
OSMAN, Wail N.; EL-MUSTAFA, Osman M.; ELAWAD ELSIDDIG, Mohammed. Primary Tuberculosis of the Maxillary Sinus: A case report. Gezira Journal of Health Sciences, [S.l.], v. 7, n. 2, june 2011. ISSN 1810-5386. Available at: <http://37.60.236.48/index.php/gjhs/article/view/307>. Date accessed: 03 june 2026.
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