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Lodha JV, Sharma A, Virmani N, et al. Secondary laryngeal tuberculosis revisited. Lung India. 2015;32(5):462-4doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.164163.
Lodha, J. V., Sharma, A., Virmani, N., Bihani, A., & Dabholkar, J. P. (2015). Secondary laryngeal tuberculosis revisited. Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society, 32(5), 462-4. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.164163
Lodha, Jaini V, et al. "Secondary laryngeal tuberculosis revisited." Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society vol. 32,5 (2015): 462-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.164163
Lodha JV, Sharma A, Virmani N, Bihani A, Dabholkar JP. Secondary laryngeal tuberculosis revisited. Lung India. 2015 Sep-Oct;32(5):462-4. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.164163. PMID: 26628760; PMCID: PMC4587000.
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Lung India. 2015 Sep-Oct;32(5):462-4. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.164163.

Secondary laryngeal tuberculosis revisited.

Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society

Jaini V Lodha, Arpit Sharma, Nitish Virmani, Ameya Bihani, Jyoti P Dabholkar

Affiliations

  1. Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

PMID: 26628760 PMCID: PMC4587000 DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.164163

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Laryngeal tuberculosis is often misdiagnosed and is a highly contagious public health problem. The changing pattern of the clinical involvement of this disease poses a diagnostic challenge. The authors report four cases of laryngeal tuberculosis encountered in a short span of one month.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: All the four patients who presented to us with hoarseness had underlying active lesions in the lung. In spite of that they presented with mainly laryngeal symptoms and a multitude of findings on laryngeal examination. A diagnosis could be established owing to a high index of clinical suspicion, and due consideration given to the chest findings and positive sputum examination. The patients showed an excellent response to antituberculous therapy.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: This study underlines the varied nature of laryngeal tuberculosis and the importance of addressing the hoarseness of a patient at the earliest, for the prompt diagnosis of this infectious condition.

Keywords: Anti-tuberculosis treatment; laryngeal tuberculosis; pulmonary tuberculosis

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