1. Laryngeal scleroma.
- Author
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Fajardo-Dolci G, Chavolla R, Lamadrid-Bautista E, and Rizo-Alvarez J
- Subjects
- Adult, Airway Obstruction etiology, Anti-Infective Agents therapeutic use, Ciprofloxacin therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Laryngeal Diseases complications, Laryngeal Diseases therapy, Laser Therapy, Male, Retrospective Studies, Rhinoscleroma complications, Rhinoscleroma therapy, Tracheotomy, Treatment Outcome, Voice Disorders etiology, Laryngeal Diseases pathology, Rhinoscleroma pathology
- Abstract
Respiratory scleroma is a chronic, progressive granulomatous disease of the respiratory tract. The causal organism is the Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. The disease has three stages: the initial catarrhal stage, granulomatous stage, and sclerotic stage. The object of this report was to determine the clinical behaviour of the laryngeal scleroma. The study included 17 patients with this manifestation characterized by airway obstruction and dysphonia. The report revealed that respiratory scleroma affected the larynx in 40%, and the principal findings were glottic/subglottic stenosis.
- Published
- 1999