01003nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002900055653002800084653001100112653001200123653000900135653001600144653002900160653001600189653002800205100001600233700001300249700001400262700001400276245003600290300001000326490000700336520036800343022001400711       1981                            d  c1981 May10aCarcinoma, Squamous Cell10aDiagnosis, Differential10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNasopharyngeal Neoplasms10aTuberculoma10aTuberculosis, Pulmonary1 aGoodman R S1 aMattel S1 aKaufman D1 aGrant J M00aTuberculoma of the nasopharynx.  a794-70 v913 a<p>When a patient of oriental extraction was seen with a mass in the nasopharynx, squamous cell carcinoma appeared to be the obvious diagnosis. Histologic examination, however, proved the mass to be a tuberculoma. This condition, which was not rare in the past, is almost always secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis. It responds to antituberculous medications.</p>  a0023-852X