NASAL TUBERCULOSIS IN THE 20TH-CENTURY

During the last decade, tuberculosis has reemerged as a major health p roblem in the United States. Much of the blame for this resurgence has been attributed to human immunodeficiency virus infection, although h omelessness and deterioration of the social infrastructure have also b een implicated. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is uncommon, and nasal tub erculosis is rare, The latter usually manifests as nasal obstruction o r discharge, Only 35 cases of nasal tuberculosis were identified in a search of the English-language medical literature from the last 95 yea rs, They are reviewed here. In addition, we describe a new manifestati on of nasal tuberculosis, exemplifying the variety of ways in which th is may occur.