The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

 

Volume 73 Number 5
September 2006		 back to contents
Tuberculosis of the Aryepiglottic Fold and Sinus Pyriformis: A Rare Entity 806-809
Murat Ünal, M.D.1, Yusuf Vayisoglu, M.D.1, Nilgün Güner, M.D.1, and Tuba Karabacak, M.D.2

Departments of 1Otorhinolaryngology and 2Pathology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey.

Address all correspondence to Dr. Murat Ünal, Mersin Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi, KBB AD, Zeytinlibahce cad., 33079 Mersin, Turkey; e-mail: muunal@hotmail.com, munal@mersin.edu.tr

Accepted for publication October 2005.

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the larynx and hypopharynx is an uncommon entity and rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of the laryngo-pharyngeal diseases. We describe a case of a 40-year-old man with tuberculous involvement of the aryepiglottic fold and medial wall of the sinus pyriformis mimicking a malignancy. Current literature concerning the clinical, histopathological, radiological and diagnostic features of this rare entity is discussed.

Key Words

Larynx, hypopharynx, sinus pyriformis, tuberculosis, diagnosis.

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