Abstract
Two cases of laryngeal tuberculosis are presented here, and clinical tendencies of the disease in the last two decades are statistically analysed.
In recent years, laryngeal tuberculosis is observed less frequently because of the advance in chemotherapy., while the feature of the disease has changed as it did in tuberculosis of other organs. The characteristic feature of the disease in recent years are as follows:
(1) The patient's age is higher.
(2) Hoarseness is more frequently complained than dysphagia and pharyngeal pain.
(3) Granulomatous lesion is more frequently found than other types of lesion, for example infiltrative lesion.
Hence it is important to make the differential diagnosis of laryngeal tuberculosis from carcinoma. To diagnose the disease early, it is important to pay attention to patient's general conditions, laryngoscopic findings, chest X-ray, and sputum examination. Finally biopsy is necessary to make the definite diagnosis.
