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Laryngeal Tuberculosis Mimicking Carcinoma of Aerodigestive Tract


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1 MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, 406, model colony, yamunanagar, Haryana-135001, India
2 MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, India
3 D.S. Mehta clinic and nursing home, Yamunanagar, India
     

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Tuberculosis of larynx has greatly decreased as a result of improvement in public health care and development of effective antituberculosis chemotherapy. Tuberculosis of larynx has often been diagnosed by clinicians attempting to rule out carcinoma. This report describes a case with a proliferative growth in the epiglottis, clinical mimicking as malignancy of aerodigestive tract.

Keywords

Laryngeal Tuberculosis, Flexible Bronchoscopy, Carcinoma of Aerodigestive Tract.
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Dinesh Mehta
MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, 406, model colony, yamunanagar, Haryana-135001, India
Sudhir Mehta
MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, India
Sachin Bansal
MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, India
Neeraj Bhushan
MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, India
Sulbha Singla
MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, India
Nitin Tangri
MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, India
Puneet Parhar
MM Institute of Medical Science and Research, Mullana, Ambala, India
Chavi Mehta
D.S. Mehta clinic and nursing home, Yamunanagar, India

Abstract


Tuberculosis of larynx has greatly decreased as a result of improvement in public health care and development of effective antituberculosis chemotherapy. Tuberculosis of larynx has often been diagnosed by clinicians attempting to rule out carcinoma. This report describes a case with a proliferative growth in the epiglottis, clinical mimicking as malignancy of aerodigestive tract.

Keywords


Laryngeal Tuberculosis, Flexible Bronchoscopy, Carcinoma of Aerodigestive Tract.