Laryngeal tuberculosis in an age of chemotherapy

Twenty-one cases of laryngeal tuberculosis were found while surveying 1,383 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, giving an incidence of 1.5 per cent. All had abnormal chest films and tubercle bacilli in their sputum. Symptoms were variable. Patients with pain were relieved within seven days of triple therapy. All but one patient's laryngeal appearance was normal after two months' therapy.