1991 Volume 66 Issue 11 Pages 733-738
Between 1986 and 1990 we had twelve patients (ten males, two females, 19-65 years ofage) with laryngeal tuberculosis who complained hoarseness and whose larynges wereexamined by fiberscopes. Chest roentgenograms revealed cavities in ten and in seven thelesions were extensive (Grade 3 according to the classification of Japanese Society for Tuberculosis). In all patients sputum smears were positive. Both patient's and doctor'sdelays were longer than those of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis without laryngealinvolvements. Group infection was the source of infection in one patient. Since thediagnosis of laryngeal tuberculosis is difficult to make on clinical basis, it is important tomake fiberscopic examinations of the larynx and do biopsies in patients with pulmonarytuberculosis who complain hoarseness.
