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[Laryngeal sarcoidosis in 13 year-old teenager]
Louise Buchreitz Herlow1, Niels Rasmussen
1Hillerød Hospital, Ørenaese-hals-afdeling C, Denmark. herlow@get2net.dk
Abstract:
Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown pathogenesis. It can affect numerous organs but most commonly involves the respiratory tract. On rare occasions it only involves the larynx. We describe a case of isolated laryngeal sarcoidosis in a teenage girl with symptoms of hoarseness, snoring and dyspnoea. The diagnosis was supported by detection of granulomatous inflammation in a laryngeal biopsy. She was successfully treated by surgical excision of the granulomatous swellings of the arytenoids and epiglottis combined with inhaled corticosteroids.
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