title: Pseudo tumoral laryngeal tuberculosis.
abstract: An 11-year-old female child presented with high grade intermittent fever and cough for a duration of 6-7 months and hoarseness of voice for 6 months. Skiagram of the chest showed evidence of miliary mottling. Direct laryngoscopic examination revealed inflammatory swelling over left vocal cord. The biopsy of the swelling showed chronic granulomatous lesion. Patient improved remarkably with anti-tubercular therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, G.G.S. Medical college, Faridkot 151 203, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Karnail
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Gurmeet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Parmar
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014387:Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents