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Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is known to involve mainly the lungs; however, invasion of multiple other organs is not uncommon. In tuberculosis, involvement of the head and neck, which presents different clinical forms, may represent a diagnostic problem for the general dental practitioner. We describe here three cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that reported to us with different clinical presentations and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
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Chaudhari, S., Umarji, H.R. & Agrawal, K. Tuberculosis of the head and neck: varied clinical presentations and MRI findings. Oral Radiol 28, 146–149 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11282-012-0087-z
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