Laryngeal tuberculosis: CT findings. 1996

W K Moon, and M H Han, and K H Chang, and H J Kim, and J G Im, and K M Yeon, and M C Han
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the CT findings of laryngeal tuberculosis (TB). METHODS CT scans, laryngoscopic examinations, and chest radiographs of 12 patients (21-63 years old) with histologically (n = 8) or bacteriologically (n = 4) confirmed laryngeal TB were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS Bilateral diffuse thickening of the vocal cords and diffuse thickening and increased density of the aryepiglottic folds and paralaryngeal tissues were present in all patients. Diffuse thickening of the epiglottis was observed in seven patients. In four patients, a focal mass was noted in the anterior portions of the vocal cords (n = 3) or tip of the epiglottis (n =1). Destruction or sclerosis of cartilage was not found. Subglottic extension of the lesion was suspected in only one patient. Enlarged cervical lymph nodes were found in five patients. On laryngoscopic examinations, swelling of the vocal cords (n = 12) or epiglottis (n = 6) was present in all patients and was bilateral in nine patients. Vocal cord mobility was impaired in only one patient. Radiographic findings consistent with active pulmonary TB were present in all patients. CONCLUSIONS Although the CT appearances of laryngeal TB are not specific, the possibility of laryngeal TB should be raised when bilateral and diffuse laryngeal lesions are encountered without destruction of the laryngeal architecture in patients with pulmonary TB.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007828 Laryngoscopy Examination, therapy or surgery of the interior of the larynx performed with a specially designed endoscope. Laryngoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Laryngoscopic,Laryngoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Laryngoscopic,Laryngoscopic Surgeries,Laryngoscopic Surgical Procedure,Laryngoscopies,Procedure, Laryngoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laryngoscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Laryngoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laryngoscopic
D007830 Larynx A tubular organ of VOICE production. It is located in the anterior neck, superior to the TRACHEA and inferior to the tongue and HYOID BONE. Anterior Commissure, Laryngeal,Anterior Commissure, Larynx,Laryngeal Anterior Commissure,Laryngeal Posterior Commissure,Posterior Commissure, Laryngeal,Posterior Commissure, Larynx,Anterior Commissures, Laryngeal,Anterior Commissures, Larynx,Commissure, Laryngeal Anterior,Commissure, Laryngeal Posterior,Commissure, Larynx Anterior,Commissure, Larynx Posterior,Commissures, Laryngeal Anterior,Commissures, Laryngeal Posterior,Commissures, Larynx Anterior,Commissures, Larynx Posterior,Laryngeal Anterior Commissures,Laryngeal Posterior Commissures,Larynx Anterior Commissure,Larynx Anterior Commissures,Larynx Posterior Commissure,Larynx Posterior Commissures,Posterior Commissures, Laryngeal,Posterior Commissures, Larynx
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography
D014387 Tuberculosis, Laryngeal Tuberculosis involving the larynx, producing ulceration of the VOCAL CORDS and the LARYNGEAL MUCOSA. Laryngeal Tuberculosis,Tuberculosis of Larynx,Laryngeal Tuberculoses,Larynx Tuberculoses,Larynx Tuberculosis,Tuberculoses, Laryngeal

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