LARYNGEAL TUBERCULOSIS - AN UNSUSPECTED DANGER

It is always important to treat conditions which may be cancerous with respect and, where there is suspicion, to take biopsies for histologi cal examination. A hoarse voice may, in addition,be a sign of tubercul osis of the larynx, and the clinical appearance can be similar to a ca rcinoma. Preoperative chest X-ray (not always performed) and an awaren ess by the histologist of such a possibility are important now that th is condition is increasing in frequency in parallel with conditions wh ere immunological status is compromised.