Chronic Large Non Healing Ulcer: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection of the Laryngopharynx

We describe a case of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection of the larynx in a previously well, immunocompetent young woman. Laryngeal mycobacterial infection is rare and currently accounts for less than 1% of all cases. A diagnostic dilemma often occurs because it may mimic laryngeal carcinoma, c...

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Autores principales: Hussin, Nurfarissa, Mat Baki, Marina, Sani, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5637223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026492
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2017.38.5.303
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description We describe a case of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection of the larynx in a previously well, immunocompetent young woman. Laryngeal mycobacterial infection is rare and currently accounts for less than 1% of all cases. A diagnostic dilemma often occurs because it may mimic laryngeal carcinoma, chronic laryngitis, or laryngeal candidiasis. This case highlights the importance of considering non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in the differential diagnosis of laryngeal lesions.
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spelling pubmed-56372232017-10-12 Chronic Large Non Healing Ulcer: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection of the Laryngopharynx Hussin, Nurfarissa Mat Baki, Marina Sani, Abdullah Korean J Fam Med Case Report We describe a case of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection of the larynx in a previously well, immunocompetent young woman. Laryngeal mycobacterial infection is rare and currently accounts for less than 1% of all cases. A diagnostic dilemma often occurs because it may mimic laryngeal carcinoma, chronic laryngitis, or laryngeal candidiasis. This case highlights the importance of considering non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in the differential diagnosis of laryngeal lesions. The Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2017-09 2017-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5637223/ /pubmed/29026492 http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2017.38.5.303 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Korean Academy of Family Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Chronic Large Non Healing Ulcer: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection of the Laryngopharynx
title_fullStr Chronic Large Non Healing Ulcer: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection of the Laryngopharynx
title_full_unstemmed Chronic Large Non Healing Ulcer: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection of the Laryngopharynx
title_short Chronic Large Non Healing Ulcer: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection of the Laryngopharynx
title_sort chronic large non healing ulcer: non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection of the laryngopharynx
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5637223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026492
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2017.38.5.303
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