RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Examination of 41 cases of laryngeal tuberculosis observed between 1975-1985
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 731
OP 732
DO 10.1183/09031936.93.02080731
VO 2
IS 8
A1 F Galietti
A1 GE Giorgis
A1 G Gandolfi
A1 A Astesiano
A1 C Miravalle
A1 A Ardizzi
A1 G Favata
A1 D Miscioscia
YR 1989
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/2/8/731.abstract
AB Forty one cases of laryngeal tuberculosis, accounting for 0.8% of all cases of tuberculosis observed in 1975-1985, are evaluated. The mean age was 53 yrs, the male/female ratio 9:1. In all cases current or earlier pulmonary tuberculosis was noted. The laryngeal sites affected were, in order of frequency: true vocal cords, epiglottis, false cords and laryngeal ventricles, arytenoid and interarytenoid area, subglottic area. The patients were usually treated with isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol for 6-12 months. Two cases required excision of laryngeal lesions. The results of chemotherapy were good.