Case Report: Acute tuberculous laryngitis presenting as acute epiglottitis.
The incidence of laryngeal tuberculosis (TB), which had dropped dramatically after the institution of modern anti-TB chemotherapy, has shown recent reemergence. It is important to be aware of its possibility, especially as it can present with nonspecific upper airway symptoms and a frequent lack of constitutional manifestations. We report such a case presenting as acute epiglottitis, with diffuse involvement of the supraglottic larynx associated with reactivation lung TB.
Department of Clinical Radiology, Al Sabah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Ahmed H
AH
El Beltagi
Pushpinder S
PS
Khera
Lamya
L
Alrabiah
Noufa F J
NF
Al Shammari