Objectives : Tuberculosis ,though a common condition in our country is still an enigma because of its varied modes of clinical presentation,characteristics and spread. Our objective is to stress the importance of an complete clinical examination and analysis of the symptomatology in arriving at the diagnosis of laryngeal lupus and provide an update on current knowledge and treatment of lupus vu...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common contagious disease, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). Besides a rare laryngeal tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis is the only one contagious form of the disease, although it can affect any organ of the human body. TB represents a new challenge to the doctors because it appears with numerous chronic diseases, affects immunocompr...

It is known that the cultural characteristics of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from tuberculous secretions may be changed under the influence of anti-tuberculosis drugs. It has been suggested that this is due to " biological disintegration" of the bacteria (Lanyi and Eidus, 1954). The process is usually a gradual one. The present report is concerned with the isolation from lary...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis of the larynx is a rare form of tuberculosis. Patients usually present with hoarseness or dysphagia and other nonspecific constitutional symptoms like fever or localized pain. In this study, we present a case of primary vocal cord lesion with tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 72 year old man presented with hoarseness of voice, low grade fever, and night sweating with i...