%0 Journal Article %T Recurrent cervical tumor in the elderly %A Fuente-Caˋibano R %A Alaˋ車n-Fern芍ndez MA %J Revista de la Sociedad Otorrinolaringol車gica de Castilla y Le車n, Cantabria y La Rioja %D 2012 %I Sociedad Otorrinolaringol車gica de Castilla y Le車n, Cantabria y La Rioja %X The tuberculosis, is known since ancient times, but suspicion that tuberculosis was an infectious nature, began to speak in a more concrete in the mid-sixteenth century. The causative agent of tuberculosis, was discovered by Robert Koch in 1882. It is found in the various excretions of people and animals suffering from the disease. Are important in practice, essentially two types of tuberculous mycobacteria: the human type and bovine type. Tuberculosis is distinguished by the variety of its manifestations, this depends on the infection itself and the variety of alterations that occur in the organs. %K extrapulmonay tuberculosis %K swollen glands %K scrofula %U https://sites.google.com/site/revistasociedadorlclcrpublic/carga/revistaorl201205_tbcanciano.pdf?attredirects=0