title: Tubercular laryngitis: case series.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tubercular laryngitis is a known entity since a long time but it's presentation, diagnosis and management has undergone a drastic makeover after the advent of chemotherapy in the form of ATT (Anti tubercular treatment), modernized diagnostic aids and early detection of lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective study was conducted on 180 patients. Each patient were subjected to detailed history and thorough ENT and head neck examination including laryngeal examination by visualization of the vocal cords, possibly using indirect laryngoscopy,. exible naso-laryngoscopy or rigid laryngoscopy Results Tubercular laryngitis was clinically diagnosed by laryngeal endoscopy and diagnosis con. rmed by laryngeal biopsy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All patients showed remarkable improvement with anti-tubercular treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and Microbiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Doiwala Dehradun, 248140 Uttarakhand India.
authors.forename: Rajat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bist
authors.forename: Rakesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Pratima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
keywords: Laryngoscopy; Tubercular laryngitis