Case Report: Acute tuberculous laryngitis presenting as acute epiglottitis

The incidence of laryngeal tuberculosis (TB), which had dropped dramatically after the institution of modern anti-TB chemotherapy, has shown recent reemergence. It is important to be aware of its possibility, especially as it can present with nonspecific upper airway symptoms and a frequent lack of...

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Autores principales: El Beltagi, Ahmed H, Khera, Pushpinder S, Alrabiah, Lamya, Al Shammari, Noufa F J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Head and Neck Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22223941
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.90690
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Sumario:The incidence of laryngeal tuberculosis (TB), which had dropped dramatically after the institution of modern anti-TB chemotherapy, has shown recent reemergence. It is important to be aware of its possibility, especially as it can present with nonspecific upper airway symptoms and a frequent lack of constitutional manifestations. We report such a case presenting as acute epiglottitis, with diffuse involvement of the supraglottic larynx associated with reactivation lung TB.

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