Vol.97 No.12
contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 97 No.12 December 2004
A Case of Suspected Laryngeal Tuberculosis
Accompanied by Lung Tuberculosis
Kousuke Yoshifuku, Tatsuya Fukuiwa, Kengo Nishimoto,
Shoji Matsune and Yuichi Kurono
(Kagoshima University)
A case of suspected laryngeal tuberculosis accompanied by lung tuberculosis was reported in this paper. The patient was a 72 year-old male. He had developed hoarseness, sore throat and pain on swallowing, and consulted our clinic. Laryngoscopic examination showed swelling of the left arytenoid as well as laryngeal palsy. Pulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed by microbiological identification of tubercle bacillus in the sputum. Although there was no evidence indicating laryngeal tuberculosis, local areas in the larynx were markedly improved after treating the patient with anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. Consequently the patient was diagnosed as having laryngeal tuberculosis. Laryngeal tuberculosis is now rare in Japan, but it was suggested that careful attention should still be paid to the differential diagnosis of laryngeal inflammatory diseases.
Key words : laryngeal tuberculosis, hoarseness, sore throat