TUBERCULOMA OF THE CHEEK - A CASE-REPORT

Tuberculoma of the cheek in the absence of tuberculosis elsewhere in t he body is rarely seen and hence rarely thought of as a differential d iagnosis when such a patient presents. In the following case, the pati ent was provisionally diagnosed as carcinoma of the cheek because of t he exophytic nature of the growth and its presentation. However, histo pathology of a biopsy revealed tuberculoma and the response to antitub erculous therapy was rapid and curative.