title: Association of laryngeal and nasopharyngeal tuberculosis: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To the best of our knowledge, the association of nasopharyngeal and laryngeal tuberculosis has never been described before in the literature. We report here a first observation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 38-year-old Arab man who presented with an isolated hoarseness. Radiological and endoscopic examinations showed a thickening of the left lateral wall of his nasopharynx and the left vocal cord. Pathology revealed the diagnosis of tuberculosis of both localizations. He received a 6-month antituberculous chemotherapy with a satisfying uneventful evolution.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue masses of the head and neck, particularly when the imaging findings and clinical presentation are atypical. The diagnosis of tuberculosis is mainly based on histopathological and/or bacteriological examination.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco. daryou@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Darouassi
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chihani
authors.forename: Abderrahim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elktaibi
authors.forename: Mohamed Mliha
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Touati
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nadour
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benjelloun
authors.forename: Brahim
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bouaity
authors.forename: Haddou
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ammar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009304:Nasopharyngitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014387:Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents