Primary Tuberculosis Involving Epiglottis: A Rare Case Report

Edızer, Deniz Tuna; Karaman, Emin; Mercan, Hasan; Alimoğlu, Yalçın; Esen, Tugce; Cansız, Harun

doi:10.1007/s00455-009-9256-6

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“…Particularly, in the last two decades, reports of epiglottic TB have increased. [9] The clinical presentation in our case is in keeping with the recently reported clinical patterns, where laryngeal TB presented chiefly with laryngeal symptoms such as hoarseness, odynophagia, and dysphagia, with only minimal systemic symptoms. [410]…”

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Case Report: Acute tuberculous laryngitis presenting as acute epiglottitis

Beltagi

Khera

Alrabiah

et al. 2011

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

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The incidence of laryngeal tuberculosis (TB), which had dropped dramatically after the institution of modern anti-TB chemotherapy, has shown recent reemergence. It is important to be aware of its possibility, especially as it can present with nonspecific upper airway symptoms and a frequent lack of constitutional manifestations. We report such a case presenting as acute epiglottitis, with diffuse involvement of the supraglottic larynx associated with reactivation lung TB.

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Case Report: Acute tuberculous laryngitis presenting as acute epiglottitis

Beltagi

Khera

Alrabiah

et al. 2011

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

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“…Primary tuberculosis of the larynx is a very rare entity and usually it is secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis. Few cases of primary tuberculosis of larynx have been reported in literature in the recent past [3,4]. In the present case, laryngeal tuberculosis is a primary lesion, as no primary foci were detected anywhere else in the body by clinical, radiological including chest Xray, ultrasonography of the abdomen, Computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax and examination for acidfast bacilli in the bronchioalveolar lavage fluid.…”

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Primary laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking supraglottic carcinoma

Krishnatreya¹,

Das²,

Sharma³

et al. 2013

IJCRI

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Introduction: Primary laryngeal tuberculosis is an extremely rare form of tuberculosis and very few have been reported in literature. Case Report: We describe a case of a 35yearold female who presented with symptoms and sign of a supraglottic carcinoma. The patient presented with progressive hoarseness of two month's duration. Direct fiberoptic laryngoscopy showed a polypoidal growth involving the supraglottic larynx. Tissue sections from the growth showed epithelioid granuloma with Langhans giant cells. Ziehl-Neelsen staining on the tissue section showed the presence of scanty acidfast bacilli. No primary foci of tuberculosis were detected anywhere else in the body by clinical, radiological and examination of acidfast bacilli in the bronchioalveolar lavage fluid. Conclusion: Awareness of existence of isolated primary laryngeal tuberculosis is important especially in endemic areas. In case of diagnosis of laryngeal tuberculosis all effort should be made to look for an active or inactive lesion elsewhere in the body before diagnosing as primary laryngeal tuberculosis.

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“…A case was reported by Celil et al [2] in 2007 from Turkey . Another case was reported by Ednizer et al in 2009 [3].…”

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