Richa Agrawal and Shrikant Phatak

Department of ENT, Choithram Hospital and Research Center, Indore, India

*Corresponding Author: Shrikant Phatak, Department of ENT, Choithram Hospital and Research Center, Indore, India

Received: March 04, 2026; Published: May 21, 2026

In the era of modern medicine Tuberculosis is still challenging the health care system though it is curable yet it still steals lives silently worldwide. Laryngeal tuberculosis (LTB) represents just 1% of all TB cases. However, it is one of the most serious forms of extra pulmonary TB. With the development of multi drug resistance, classical presentation of laryngeal TB is changing. We hereby report 9 cases of laryngeal TB with atypical presentations where patient presented primarily with the laryngeal symptoms despite underlying active lung lesions. Otolaryngologist and Airway physicians need to be more alert to the emergence of laryngeal tuberculosis with atypical clinical manifestations and consider it in the differential diagnosis of all laryngeal diseases.

Keywords: Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Laryngeal Tuberculosis

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Citation

Citation: Richa Agrawal and Shrikant Phatak. “Laryngeal Tuberculosis as an Indicator of Unrevealed Pulmonary Tuberculosis". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 8.4 (2026): 03-06.

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