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Laryngeal malakoplakia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. K. Gupta ,
S. B. S. Mann ,
K. B. Singh ,
K. Joshi ,
S. Sajeeda  and
Nandita Kakkar
A. K. Gupta
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012
S. B. S. Mann*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012
K. B. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012
K. Joshi
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012.
S. Sajeeda
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012
Nandita Kakkar
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012.
*
Address for correspondence: Prof. S. B. S. Mann, Professor and Head, Department of ENT, PGIMER, Chandigarh - 160 012India.
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Abstract

We report a case of malakoplakia of the epiglottis in a 45-year-old female patient. Only three cases of laryngeal malakoplakia have been reported in the world literature, one of which was associated with tracheal malakoplakia. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of isolated malakoplakia of the epiglottis. Malakoplakia, a rare granulomatous lesion, has been seen more frequently in the urinary tract. Other organs like the genito-urinary tract, testis, epididymis, lymph nodes, middle ear, nasopharynx, tonsil and retroperitoneal tissue have been also involved though less frequently.

Keywords

Granulomarespiratory tractEpiglottis
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 10 , October 1997 , pp. 978 - 979
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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