Upper Respiratory Tract Tuberculosis

Rohwedder, Jay J.

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-80-6-708

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“…The most frequent locations are: tongue [3,4], gum [4–6] and palate [7–9]. As with laryngeal forms, pulmonary coincident lesions are reported frequently [10–14]. This was the location most frequently associated with concurrent pulmonary tuberculosis in our patients.…”

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confidence: 84%

Extra-laryngeal head and neck tuberculosis

Sierra

Fortün²,

Barros

et al. 2000

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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confidence: 84%

Extra-laryngeal head and neck tuberculosis

Sierra

Fortün²,

Barros

et al. 2000

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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“…It is also the most common ENT manifestation of tuberculosis [1]. Usually it spreads to the larynx from pulmonary lesion, though rarely can also reach larynx due to a primary affection from inhaled tubercle bacilli [2,3]. In early 20th century, tubercular infection was fatal in almost 70% cases [4], but the numbers have gone down drastically as a result of improvement in public health care and development of effective anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Tuberculosis of Larynx Revisited: a Report on Clinical Characteristics in 10 Cases

Gandhi

Kulkarni²,

Mishra

et al. 2011

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Tuberculosis is the most frequent granulomatous disease involving larynx. In most cases it is secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis. Incidence of tuberculosis is now on a rise due to increase in incidence of immune deficiency states. Here we present a report of clinical characteristic of laryngeal tuberculosis based on our experience of 10 cases. A detailed retrospective analysis of 10 patients of laryngeal tuberculosis was done at our tertiary care laryngology centre. Majority of patients had change of voice and dry cough. All the patients had hyperemia and edema of vocal cords. 80% patients had involvement of the arytenoids and ary-epiglottic folds. Frank granulomatous growth was seen in 70% of patients. In all patients histopathological report was consistent with tubercular granuloma. Two patients had associated pulmonary tuberculosis. Eight patients did not reveal any feature suggestive of previous or co-existent pulmonary tuberculosis. All patients responded to chemotherapy with complete resolution. Primary laryngeal tuberculosis is not as rare as generally considered. This series provides an insight towards clinical feature, growth pattern and management of tuberculosis of larynx.

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“…In a large study on 843 cases of tuberculosis, only 1.8 per cent of patients had upper respiratory tract disease, with just one case of nasopharyngeal involvement. 4 A literature search identified only a few publications on nasopharyngeal tuberculosis, mainly case reports originating from endemic regions. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis has a slight female predominance, with a peak of incidence between 50 and 60 years of age.…”

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confidence: 99%