Abstract
The incidence of tuberculosis has markedly decreased since the introduction of effective chemotherapy. However, laryngeal tuberculosis has been on the increase in recent years.Seven cases of laryngeal tuberculosis treated in our department between 1992 and 1999 are presented in this paper. The tuberculosis involved the vocal cords in 4 patients and the epiglottis in 3. Six out of the 7 patients complained of hoarseness, and 3 complained of pharyngalgia. Chest radiography, sputum tests, PPD were supplemental tools for diagnosis. Chest radiographic findings were interpreted as showing advanced pulmonary disease in 6 patients. In the sputum cytology, 4 patients were positive for acid-fast bacilli, and 3 were negative.Pathological examination is mandatory to make final diagnosis and to rule out malignancies.
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