Laryngeal tuberculosis presenting as carcinoma
| Autor: | Frits van der Kuyp, James R. Yarnal, Joseph A. Golish |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hoarseness Laryngeal tuberculosis business.industry Sputum examination General Medicine Skin test Middle Aged medicine.disease Dermatology Surgery Airway Obstruction Diagnosis Differential Tuberculosis Laryngeal Otorhinolaryngology Carcinoma medicine Humans Pulmonary tb Literature survey business Laryngeal Neoplasms |
| Zdroj: | Archives of otolaryngology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 107(8) |
| ISSN: | 0003-9977 |
| Popis: | • A typical patient had laryngeal tuberculosis (TB) mimicking carcinoma. The accompanying patient complaints from a representative literature survey are discussed. The difficulty of clinically differentiating laryngeal carcinoma from TB or another granulomatous process is stressed, as is the utility of obtaining a simple chest roentgenogram, a TB skin test, and, when indicated, a sputum examination. The pathogenesis of laryngeal TB and the treatment of health care personnel exposed to such a patient also is mentioned. The spectrum of TB, as well as the spectrum of physicians treating TB, is changing. The presence of a laryngeal process in a patient with active pulmonary TB is an important association that must not be overlooked. ( Arch Otolaryngol 1981;107:503-505) |
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