Tuberculosis is a systemic disease and its occurrence in the larynx and in the oral cavity is well-documented in the literature. Tuberculosis of the larynx involves mainly the vocal folds and the ventricular band and is associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in 80% of cases. Isolated epiglottic tuberculosis has rarely been described, and it is always associated with pulmonary lesions. The authors report a case of isolated epiglottic tuberculosis in a 72-year-old woman that presented as a laryngeal carcinoma and discuss the diagnostic problems related to its atypical clinical, endoscopic, and radiologic presentation.
Galli, J., Nardi, C., Contucci, A. M., Cadoni, G., Lauriola, L., Fantoni, M., Atypical isolated epiglottic tuberculosis: a case report and a review of the literature, <<AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY>>, 2002; (23(4)): 237-240 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/187116]
Atypical isolated epiglottic tuberculosis: a case report and a review of the literature
Galli, Jacopo;Contucci, Alessia Maria;Cadoni, Gabriella;Lauriola, Libero;Fantoni, Massimo
2002
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a systemic disease and its occurrence in the larynx and in the oral cavity is well-documented in the literature. Tuberculosis of the larynx involves mainly the vocal folds and the ventricular band and is associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in 80% of cases. Isolated epiglottic tuberculosis has rarely been described, and it is always associated with pulmonary lesions. The authors report a case of isolated epiglottic tuberculosis in a 72-year-old woman that presented as a laryngeal carcinoma and discuss the diagnostic problems related to its atypical clinical, endoscopic, and radiologic presentation.
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