Abstract
Tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous disease which can affect any part of the body. Lung is the most common site of primary disease, however it can occur in other organs as well specially in immunocompromised state. Secondary spread occurs from a healed primary focus or due to endogenous spread of the infection. Oral manifestations of tuberculosis are usually secondary to infection of other parts of the body. Primary tuberculosis of the oral cavity including that of the tongue is rare. Here we present the case of a fifty year old patient presenting with growth on tongue which on histology and Ziehl-Neelsen staining was proved to be tuberculosis.
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