Laryngeal tuberculosis: an unsuspected danger.
It is always important to treat conditions which may be cancerous with respect and, where there is suspicion, to take biopsies for histological examination. A hoarse voice may, in addition, be a sign of tuberculosis of the larynx, and the clinical appearance can be similar to a carcinoma. Preoperative chest x-ray (not always performed) and an awareness by the histologist of such a possibility are important now that this condition is increasing in frequency in parallel with conditions where immunological status is compromised.
Houghton
D J
DJ
Department of Otolaryngology, University Clinical Department, Liverpool.
Bennett
J D
JD
Rapado
F
F
Small
M
M
D001706:Biopsy; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014387:Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications