Laryngeal Actinomycosis: A Case Report and Systematic Review of 32 Cases in the Literature

Laryngeal Actinomycosis Presenting as Foreign Body

“… 4 , 5 There are yet other reports of laryngeal actinomycosis that was suspected to be secondary to aspirated corn. 2 …”

“…The most common symptoms of actinomycosis of the larynx include dysphonia, dysphagia, pharyngitis, and weight loss with symptoms ranging from days to months, including a rare case lasting for greater than a year. 2 , 4 …”

“…The most common symptoms of actinomycosis of the larynx include dysphonia, dysphagia, pharyngitis, and weight loss with symptoms ranging from days to months, including a rare case lasting for greater than a year. 2,4 It is rare for laryngeal actinomycosis to present with respiratory distress requiring emergent airway management. 3 However, it is important to maintain actinomycosis on the differential when evaluating chronic infection, foreign body, or mass of the airway.…”

“… 1 More rarely, it can cause infection throughout the larynx and pharynx among patients who are immunosuppressed. 2 Laryngeal actinomycosis has been reported to mimic other diagnoses, such as laryngeal carcinoma or foreign body of the lower airway. 3 We describe an episode of chicken bone aspiration, followed by the development of pharyngitis and intermittent acute respiratory distress due to actinomycosis of the larynx in an immunocompromised host.…”

A Rare Case of Actinomyces odontolyticus Infection after Injection Laryngoplasty with Deflux

“…Pathogenicity of this organism is rarely encountered, but clinical infections attributed to Actinomyces odontolyticus include cutaneous and cervicofacial infections, bacteremia, thoracopulmonary infection, and localized abscesses in various organs [4][5][6][7]. Infection with Actinomyces rarely involves the larynx and there are only a small number of case reports in the literature of primary laryngeal actinomycosis caused specifically by Actinomyces odontolyticus [8,9]. Here in, we report a case of unilateral vocal cord infection by Actinomyces odontolyticus following injection laryngoplasty with Deflux in a healthy, 61-year-old male patient.…”