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Leprosy of the larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. K. Soni
N. K. Soni*
Affiliation:
Bikaner, India
*
Dr N. K. Soni, H-6 P.B.M. Hospital Campus, Bikaner (Rajasthan)India
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Abstract

The result of a study conducted on 30 patients of lepromatous leprosy regarding laryngeal involvement is presented. The incidence of leprous laryngitis is 36.6 per cent in this part of India in lepromatous leprosy patients. Leprosy is long standing disease so laryngeal lesions developed gradually and may be asymptomatic in some cases while others have been found to have variety of clinical manifestation in form of congestion, infiltration, nodulation, thickening and fibrosis. Anti-leprosy chemotherapy is equally effective on these lesions. A screening survey of laryngeal pathology in such cases should be done periodically.

Keywords

LeprosylepromatousLarynx
Type
Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 6 , June 1992 , pp. 518 - 520
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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