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From 1978 to 1981, six cases of laryngeal tuberculosis were experienced in Department of Oto-Rhino Laryngology, Sappro Medical College. The age of the patients ranged from 22 to 69 years old with a mean of 48.5 years. Their chief complaints were hoarseness except case 3 whose complaint was dyspnea. Five cases were pointed out the abnormal shadows in their chest X-rays. Case 1 was initially treated with the clinical diagnosis of ulcerative stomatitis without definite cause untill culture of his sputum was reported positive for tubercle bacilli. Case 5 was thought to be the rare case of primary laryngeal tuberculosis. Five cases showed granulomatous lesion in their larynx and two cases were confused with laryngeal carcinoma. Case 3 and case 4 were suffered from subglottic granulomatous lesion and case 4 also showed the tenderness and swelling of the thyroid region. In case 3 dyspnea appeared due to subglottic stenosis with scar in spite of the antituberculous chemotherapy. We have discussed in this paper six cases of various clinical symptoms of laryngeal tuberculosis.
