title: Emergency in leprosy: involvement of the larynx.
abstract: We present eight patients with larynx involvement in leprosy. Seven were classified as lepromatous and one was borderline leprosy in reversal reaction. One patient required an emergency tracheostomy and one had an almost complete uppe airway obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, S. Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raul Negrao
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Fleury
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duerksen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index