@article{Gomez_Villarta_Caro_Manasan_Carnate_2019, title={Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis in a Philippine Tertiary General Hospital}, volume={34}, url={https://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/1113}, DOI={10.32412/pjohns.v34i1.1113}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective: </strong> This study aimed to determine the prevalence of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis among patients who were initially assessed to have a nasopharyngeal mass and subsequently underwent biopsy in a Philippine Tertiary General Hospital from 2013 to 2015.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> </p> <p><strong>     Design</strong>:           Case Series</p> <p><strong>     Setting</strong>:           Tertiary National University Hospital</p> <p><strong>     Participants</strong>: All patients with nasopharyngeal mass identified from January 2013 to December 2015 from a hospital wide census who underwent biopsy were investigated using chart and histopathology review. The prevalence of tuberculosis, malignancies and other findings were determined.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Results</strong>:  Among 285 nasopharyngeal biopsies done between 2013 and 2015, 33 (11.6%) were histologically compatible with nasopharyngeal tuberculosis, 177 (62.1%) were different types of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 59 (20.7%) were chronic inflammation, 4 (1.4%) were lymphoma, 5 (1.8%) were normal, and 7 (2.5 %) had diagnoses other than those above.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> This study suggests a relatively high prevalence rate (11.6%) of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis in patients who have a nasopharyngeal mass. This indicates that nasopharyngeal tuberculosis should always be a differential when confronted with a mass in the nasopharynx especially in tuberculosis endemic areas.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> <em>nasopharyngeal tuberculosis; prevalence; censuses; tertiary care centers; Philippines; carcinoma; nasopharynx; biopsy; tuberculosis; lymphoma </em></p>}, number={1}, journal={Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery}, author={Gomez, Mark Anthony and Villarta, Romeo and Caro, Ruzanne and Manasan, Criston Van and Carnate, Jose}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={7–10} }