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Blastomycosis of the Larynx
Author(s) -
Dumich Peter S.,
Neel H. Bryan
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.1983.93.10.1266
Subject(s) - blastomycosis , larynx , medicine , lesion , dermatology , basal cell , pathology , radiation therapy , disease , radiology , surgery
Blastomycosis is a chronic fungal disease with a constellation of signs and symptoms and a variable course. It primarily affects the lower respiratory tract, although extrapulmonary manifestations are common. We describe 6 patients with blastomycosis of the larynx who represent 5.6% of 107 patients with blastomycosis seen at the Mayo Clinic from 1950 through 1981. When involvement of the larynx occurs, both gross and histopathologic findings of the lesion usually resemble the features of well‐differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and often lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate, overly aggressive, surgical or radiation therapy. So that this unnecessarily aggressive treatment of the diseased larynx can be avoided, we discuss the clinical features, histopathologic findings, diagnosis, and current forms of treatment of blastomycosis.