Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report

Laryngeal involvement in tuberculosis is rare and may mimic malignancy. We report the case of a 26‐year‐old female who presented with sore throat for several months. CT revealed an infiltrative laryngeal mass and upper lobe pulmonary opacities. Laryngoscopic biopsy confirmed necrotizing granulomatou...

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Autores principales: Eltilib, Mohamed, Boyd, William, Saramago, Israel, Askin, Frederic, Zamora, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32695359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2882
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author Eltilib, Mohamed
Boyd, William
Saramago, Israel
Askin, Frederic
Zamora, Carlos
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description Laryngeal involvement in tuberculosis is rare and may mimic malignancy. We report the case of a 26‐year‐old female who presented with sore throat for several months. CT revealed an infiltrative laryngeal mass and upper lobe pulmonary opacities. Laryngoscopic biopsy confirmed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation with positive culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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spelling pubmed-73640642020-07-20 Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report Eltilib, Mohamed Boyd, William Saramago, Israel Askin, Frederic Zamora, Carlos Clin Case Rep Case Reports Laryngeal involvement in tuberculosis is rare and may mimic malignancy. We report the case of a 26‐year‐old female who presented with sore throat for several months. CT revealed an infiltrative laryngeal mass and upper lobe pulmonary opacities. Laryngoscopic biopsy confirmed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation with positive culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7364064/ /pubmed/32695359 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2882 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report
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