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Laryngeal Tuberculosis Masquerading as Squamous Papilloma
Author(s) -
Ghadiali Murtaza T.,
Salinas Jonathan S.,
Berke Gerald S.
Publication year - 2009
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.20439
Subject(s) - citation , presentation (obstetrics) , tuberculosis , section (typography) , medicine , library science , computer science , surgery , pathology , operating system
Laryngeal tuberculosis is an uncommon disease that occurs in less than 1% of tuberculosis cases. [1] For this reason, physicians usually do not include tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis of patients with laryngeal disease. However, since the incidence of tuberculosis is rising worldwide, it is important to consider this infectious disease when assessing patients with suspicious findings on history, along with documented laryngeal pathology. We report a case of an immuno-competent young female with laryngeal tuberculosis that masqueraded as squamous papillomatosis on both laryngoscopic and histologic examination.