[Laryngeal tuberculosis: report of 10 cases]

The aim of this paper is to present a retrospective study on laryngeal tuberculosis cases presented at our Department from 1982 to 1993. In addition to usual techniques for tuberculosis diagnosis (cultures, Mantoux test and chest X-rays), biopsies for histological sections were carried out. Epidemiological, clinical diagnosis and treatment aspects are presented; the higher male incidence and the common suspicion of laryngeal carcinoma are emphasized. When we compare our results with those of several reports, we confirm the increase in the number of cases diagnosed in the last three years of the study. We emphasize the importance of histopathological diagnosis to rule out a neoplasm.