León AP, Domínguez MJ, Pila PR, Pila PR

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ABSTRACT

Background: The laryngeal tuberculosis is an uncommon illness, mainly when it is presented in a located way. Objective: To expose the primary laryngeal localization of the tuberculosis that simulated a laryngeal carcinoma. Clinical case: Patient of 40 years old, smoker of two daily cigarette packs for more than twenty years. He was consulted for persistent dysphonia of gradual increase, odynophagia, tenacious cough and loss of 10 Kg of weight in two months. The general physical exam was normal. The right hemiparetic vocal cord of tumor aspect was visualized in the two previous thirds. In the analytic study, pathological exams were found as the tuberculin test, Speed of globular sedimentation (VSG) of 95 mm/1st hour and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of 860 UI/L, the x- ray exams were completely negative. Results: The histological study after taking biopsy, confirmed the existence of primary laryngeal tuberculosis; there was no clinical or imagiologic evidence of involvement of other organs. Conclusions: A patient was presented with laryngeal and constitutional symptoms. The primary tuberculosis of larynx is a strange illness, uncommon of which there are scarce reports in the international medical literature; also keeping in mind that the tuberculosis initially affects the lung and then it is disseminated.

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