title: Laryngeal malakoplakia.
abstract: We report a case of malakoplakia of the epiglottis in a 45-year-old female patient. Only three cases of laryngeal malakoplakia have been reported in the world literature, one of which was associated with tracheal malakoplakia. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of isolated malakoplakia of the epiglottis. Malakoplakia, a rare granulomatous lesion, has been seen more frequently in the urinary tract. Other organs like the genito-urinary tract, testis, epididymis, lymph nodes, middle ear, nasopharynx, tonsil and retroperitoneal tissue have been also involved though less frequently.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sajeeda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kakkar
mesh_terms: D004825:Epiglottis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged