Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report
Abstract Laryngeal involvement in tuberculosis is rare and may mimic malignancy. We report the case of a 26‐year‐old female who presented with sore throat for several months. CT revealed an infiltrative laryngeal mass and upper lobe pulmonary opacities. Laryngoscopic biopsy confirmed necrotizing gra...
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| author | Mohamed Eltilib William Boyd Israel Saramago Frederic Askin Carlos Zamora |
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| description | Abstract Laryngeal involvement in tuberculosis is rare and may mimic malignancy. We report the case of a 26‐year‐old female who presented with sore throat for several months. CT revealed an infiltrative laryngeal mass and upper lobe pulmonary opacities. Laryngoscopic biopsy confirmed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation with positive culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-417e4dd554974fd3939af84003e1410b2022-12-21T17:50:27ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042020-07-01871209121210.1002/ccr3.2882Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case reportMohamed Eltilib0William Boyd1Israel Saramago2Frederic Askin3Carlos Zamora4University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Radiology University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Radiology University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Pathology University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Radiology University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill North CarolinaAbstract Laryngeal involvement in tuberculosis is rare and may mimic malignancy. We report the case of a 26‐year‐old female who presented with sore throat for several months. CT revealed an infiltrative laryngeal mass and upper lobe pulmonary opacities. Laryngoscopic biopsy confirmed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation with positive culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2882case reportgranulomatous diseaselarynxmiliarytuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Eltilib William Boyd Israel Saramago Frederic Askin Carlos Zamora Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report Clinical Case Reports case report granulomatous disease larynx miliary tuberculosis |
| title | Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report |
| title_full | Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report |
| title_short | Laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: A case report |
| title_sort | laryngeal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy a case report |
| topic | case report granulomatous disease larynx miliary tuberculosis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2882 |
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