A Case of Primary Tuberculosis of the Larynx |
Sang Chan Lee, MD, Dae Un Lee, MD, Bock Youn Kim, MD, Yong Chun Kang, MD, and Kang Hyuck Lee, MD |
Department of Otorhino Laryngology, Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea |
原發性 喉頭結核症의 1例 |
이상찬 · 이대운 · 김복연 · 강영천 · 이강혁 |
대구파티마병원 이비인후과 |
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ABSTRACT |
Laryngeal tuberculosis associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis was a common disease in the past, but it has become rare with the advent of antituberculous chemotherapy. Moreover, primary tuberculosis of larynx is now extremely rare. Authors have recently experienced a case of primary tuberculosis of larynx. Patient was a 30 year old woman with symptoms of coughing, sore throat and hoarseness. Laryngeal punch biopsy revealed it as tuberculosis but, her chest X-ray revealed nonspecitic finding, and tubercle bacilli could not be identified in sputum by smear and culture.
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