Laryngeal involvement in two severe cases of childhood tuberculosis.
Laryngeal tuberculosis in children is seldom reported in the literature. We present 2 children from Cape Town, South Africa who had disseminated tuberculosis involving the cervical lymph nodes and the larynx. The cases emphasize the pathophysiology, the clinical picture, the bronchoscopic appearance, and the response to therapy in laryngeal tuberculosis.
Gregg
Katharine K
KK
Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Detjen
Anne K
AK
Goussard
Pierre
P
Gie
Robert
R
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D014387:Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular