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A 47-year-old patient. Laryngeal tuberculosis similar to laryngeal cancer
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Published: | April 14, 2014 |
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A 47-year-old female presented with a 3-month history of sore throat, intense odinophagia, dysphagia, hoarseness, weight loss and chronic cough. Tumoral lesions involving the supraglottic and glottic region were detected at fiberoptic hypopharyngolaryngo-scopic examination. The epiglottis was partially amputated on the right side, the tumor involved true and false vocal cords, predominantly on the right side and true vocal cords movement was impaired. Stasis in the piriform sinuses was also present.
The plain chest X-ray showed bilateral lesions in the upper pulmonary areas. The bacteriologic examination of the sputum was positive for acid fast bacteria. Laryngeal biopsy tissue was collected to exclude the co-existence of laryngeal carcinoma. Histopathological examination of the biopsy specimen revealed a specific chronic inflammatory process:
The patient underwent antituberculosis treatment with symptoms resolution.
We present this case to stress out about the incidence of the tuberculosis in young and adult population.
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