Laryngeal leishmaniasis: Case report of a rare infection

Abstract

Laryngeal leishmaniasis is an extremely rare infection and is rarely reported in the UK. The ease of travel ensures that many tropical infections may present to UK clinicians.

Mucosal leishmaniasis with primary oral involvement: a case series and a review of the literature

“…Predisposing local conditions have to be highlighted: As reported in the review and in our case series, more than 50% of the patients had a local impairment, such as a smoking habit or inflammatory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and recurrent respiratory tract infections (Ferlito et al, 1986;Ben ıtez et al, 2001;Aliaga et al, 2003;Guddo et al, 2005;Tiseo et al, 2008;Teemul et al, 2013).…”

Laryngeal leishmaniasis in a patient taking inhaled corticosteroids

“…In immunocompetent patients, some of the reported cases had a previous history of cutaneous leishmaniasis 2 8. Two cases identified the use of corticosteroids as creating reduced immunity 1 6. We propose that in our patient, treatment with inhaled corticosteroids led to local immunosuppression in his larynx.…”

Isolated Laryngeal Leishmaniasis in Immunocompetent Patients: An Underdiagnosed Disease

“…Sixteen cases [5–18] of laryngeal leishmaniasis are reviewed, including the present report and fifteen previously published cases. The median patient age was 53.5 years (interquartile range 41.5–64 years), and 94% were men.…”

“…Aliaga and colleagues supposed that the lower temperature of the upper aerodigestive tract might help the survival of adapted Leishmania strains [3]. Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, associated with smoke [8, 11, 16–18] or chronic respiratory diseases [14, 18], could also play an important role. Infected macrophages may localize to the larynx as a result of local constant inflammation.…”