Open AccessSecondary laryngeal tuberculosis revisited
Author(s) -
Jaini Lodha,
Arpit Sharma,
Nitish Virmani,
Ameya Bihani,
Jyoti Dabholkar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.164163
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , sputum , laryngeal diseases , intensive care medicine , disease , physical examination , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , dermatology , larynx , pathology
Laryngeal tuberculosis is often misdiagnosed and is a highly contagious public health problem. The changing pattern of the clinical involvement of this disease poses a diagnostic challenge. The authors report four cases of laryngeal tuberculosis encountered in a short span of one month.