원발성 비결핵 1례

Primary tuberculosis of the nose is a very rare entity. We recently experienced a case of primary tuberculosis of the nose with no positive sign of pulmonary tuberculosis.

The patient was 29 year-old-woman with complaints of left nasal obstruction, crust formation, dryness of nasal cavity for 1 year. Physical finding revealed crust-covered tumor mass on the anterior portion of the left middle turbinate， which was confirmed histopathologically as the tuberculosis of the nose. But tubercle bacilli could not be approved by smear and culture with nasal discharge and sputum.

It was completely healed with surgical and anti-tuberculous therapy after 9 months.

So reported it with review of literatures.