Laryngeal Leishmaniasis with Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis.

نویسندگان

  • Swati Tayal
  • Saurav Khatiwada
  • Priyanka Sehrawat
  • Neeraj Nischal
  • Pankaj Jorwal
  • Manish Soneja
  • M C Sharma
  • S K Sharma
  • Pankaj Verma
  • Anup Singh
چکیده

Clinical presentations of Leishmania infection include visceral (most common form), cutaneous, mucocutaneous, mucosal and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. Mucosal form of leishmaniasis mostly involves oral and nasal mucosa. Rarely, laryngeal and pharyngeal mucosa may also be involved. Its concomitant presence with tuberculosis (TB), a disease rampant in India, is uncommon. Here we are reporting a case of isolated laryngeal leishmaniasis associated with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), with approach to diagnosis and treatment in a tropical resource-limited setting.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India

دوره 63 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015