Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2022 Apr;65(4):231-236. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2021.00528.

A Case of Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis Which Was Difficult to Differentiate From Sarcoidosis

• Jang DH
• Kim HC
• Hong YO
• Kim JS

• KMID: 2529250
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2021.00528

Abstract

Nasopharyngeal mass is a disease that can cause unilateral or bilateral nasal obstruction. Common diseases that can cause nasal obstruction include antrochoanal polyp, adenoid remnants, juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis and nasopharyngeal sarcoidosis are two rare diseases that involve the nasopharynx and manifest as nasopharyngeal mass, and they share common histopathologic findings of granulomatous inflammation. We report a case where a patient complaining of nasal obstruction was found with nasopharyngeal mass with smooth surface, which was difficult to differentiate nasopharyngeal tuberculosis from nasopharyngeal sarcoidosis due to similar clinical manifestations and histopathologic findings.

Keyword

Nasopharyngeal disease; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculosis