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The larynx in pulmonary tuberculosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. H. A. Beg*
Affiliation:
Karachi, Pakistan
S. Marfani
Affiliation:
Karachi, Pakistan
*
Dr. M. H. A. Beg, Anklesaria Nursing Home, Garden Road, Karachi-3, Pakistan

Summary

Summary Pulmonary tuberculosis is still a common disease in the developing countries of the world. One hundred patients with pulmonary tuberculosis showed laryngeal involvement in 37 patients. The posterior part of the larynx followed by the epiglottis are the commonest sites to be involved in the laryx. Ulcerative lesions and perichondritis. so common in prechemotherapeutic days, were not seen.

Type
Clinical records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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