A clinical and videostroboscopic evaluation of laryngeal tuberculosis

Abstract

A series of 31 cases of tuberculous laryngitis is reviewed to assess the diagnostic features of the disease.The condition generally presents in males of late middle age who have pulmonary tuberculosis. It presents in a manner similar to laryngeal carcinoma except that painful dysphagia is a prominent symptom. Histological examination of biopsy material is usually the diagnostic procedure.Stroboscopy was able to document a number of abnormalities which included abnormalities of laryngeal configuration, vibratory asymmetry, reduction of amplitude and mucosal wave. Symptoms responded well to antituberculous chemotherapy.

Epiglottic masses identified on CT imaging: A case report and review of the broad differential diagnosis

“…2,27,28 Epiglottis involvement by tuberculosis is extremely rare. In a series of 31 patients with laryngeal tuberculosis, Agarwal and Bais (1998) found only one to have epiglottic involvement. 29 Tuberculosis involving the epiglottis may manifest with thickening or less likely a discrete mass.…”

“…In a series of 31 patients with laryngeal tuberculosis, Agarwal and Bais (1998) found only one to have epiglottic involvement. 29 Tuberculosis involving the epiglottis may manifest with thickening or less likely a discrete mass. 30 Fernandez et al (2007) described a 32-year-old male with asthenia, weight loss, cough, and dysphagia, who was found to have tuberculous involvement of the epiglottis manifesting as a bulky mass on laryngoscopy.…”

Tuberculosis of the Larynx: A Review of Two Cases

“…However, the larynx may be involved without any pulmonary involvement [1][2][3][4][5] and cause symptoms like hoarseness, dysphagia, [6][7][8] breathlessness,…”

Voice Assessment After Treatment of Subacute and Chronic Cough With Inhaled Steroids

“…2 Videolaryngostroboscopy has been widely used in patients with chronic cough because it aids the diagnosis of laryngeal mucosal alterations, sensory neuropathy, vocal cord paralysis, chronic laryngitis, specific fungal infections, laryngopharyngeal reflux, and chronic inflammatory diseases. [3][4][5][6][7][8] Cough reflex arises from hard opening/closure periods of glottis after forced expiration; so that damage to laryngeal structures including vocal fold lesions to laryngeal cartilage fractures a high spectrum of complications may occur [9][10][11] Chronic cough can cause voice disorders such as dysphonia, aphonia, hoarseness, and diplophonia depending on the duration and severity of the cough and the underlying etiology. Approximately 40% of chronic cough patients experience deterioration in their voice quality in the absence of any organic pathologies affecting the vocal folds, and laryngeal musculature's tension has been considered as the most prominent finding in those patients.…”