Tuberculosis of the larynx in a lepromatous patient.
Within the black population of South Africa tuberculosis and leprosy are endemic. There is also a significant incidence of laryngeal carcinoma. A patient who presented in acute respiratory stridor to a rural hospital with limited resources is reported. The differential diagnosis and management is discussed in the light of the available literature.
Flanagan
P M
PM
Department of Otolaryngology, St Helens Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside.
McIlwain
J C
JC
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D014387:Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis