Abstract
Tuberculosis is a systemic disease and its occurrence in the larynx and in the oral cavity is well-documented in the literature. Tuberculosis of the larynx involves mainly the vocal folds and the ventricular band and is associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in 80% of cases. Isolated epiglottic tuberculosis has rarely been described, and it is always associated with pulmonary lesions. The authors report a case of isolated epiglottic tuberculosis in a 72-year-old woman that presented as a laryngeal carcinoma and discuss the diagnostic problems related to its atypical clinical, endoscopic, and radiologic presentation.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 237-240 |
Numero di pagine | 4 |
Rivista | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2002 |
Keywords
- epiglottic tuberculosis