TOPIC: Chest Infections TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Laryngeal Tuberculosis (LTb) currently accounts for <1% of all Tb cases. Patients most often present with dysphonia, weight loss, and typically respond well to targeted antimicrobial regimens [1]. To our knowledge, there is minimal data regarding time liberation from mechanical ventilation the efficacy corticoster...

background: focal laryngeal candidiasis is not reported widely and is very infrequently recognized clinically. this disease is rare and may occur after pulmonary, pharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis or as part of disseminated disease. it is also secondary to inhaled steroid therapy which is usually mild and has been reported in 10-15 percent of patients taking these medications.  case present...

introduction: laryngeal cancer is the second most common cancer involving the respiratory tract, second only to lung cancer. previous studies have shown opium dependency to be a possible risk factor for laryngeal cancer. opium consumption is a major problem in some parts of the world. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of opium consumption on the pattern of involvement in laryn...