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Comments1 November 1974Laryngeal Tuberculosis or TumorJAMES O. MORSE, M.D.JAMES O. MORSE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-81-5-711 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Dr. Rohwedder has described very well the picture of upper respiratory tract tuberculosis (1). Several tuberculous larynxes should be spared unnecessary biopsies as a result of this paper, and some laryngoscopists may even escape conversion of their tuberculin reactions. We have recently been troubled by a case in which the opposite course occurred, with unfortunate results.A 50-year-old alcoholic man was admitted with far-advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. Because of hoarseness, indirect laryngoscopy was done 6 days after admission. The epiglottis was injected, thickened, and covered with a whitish exudate. The arytenoids were injected and thickened, but the remainder...Reference1. ROHWEDDER J: Upper respiratory tract tuberculosis. Sixteen cases in a general hospital. Ann Intern Med 80:708-713, 1974 LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JAMES O. MORSE, M.D.Affiliations: Clinical Chest Section Veterans Administration Hospital Tucson, Arizona 85723 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLaryngeal tuberculosis in the United States of America: A forgotten diseaseDisfonía y tuberculosis laríngea: presentación de dos casos y revisión de la bibliografíaTuberculosis laríngea: estudio de 11 casosVideostroboscopic Findings in Laryngeal TuberculosisOral tuberculosisThe presentation of laryngeal tuberculosisCase 51-1983Laryngeal tuberculosis in TanzaniaThe changing pattern of laryngeal tuberculosisTuberculosis of the Larynx Masquerading as Carcinoma 1 November 1974Volume 81, Issue 5Page: 711-712KeywordsAlcoholicsBiopsyLarynxRespiratory systemTuberculin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1974 PDF downloadLoading ...
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