Clinical and histopathologic examination of ulcerating vocal fold lesions in an immunosuppressed patient.
We present the unique opportunity to correlate videostroboscopic findings with histologic examination. An immunocompromised patient with hoarseness because of ulcerative lesions of both vocal folds of uncertain cause died within a few weeks of initial presentation, and the larynx was donated for postmortem examination. Relevant history, as well as endoscopic and histopathologic findings, is presented.
Saltman
Ben
B
Head and Neck Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Bramlage
Matt
M
Branski
Ryan C
RC
Patel
Snehal
S
Sulica
Lucian
L
D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; D014456:Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*