Primary Laryngeal Blastomycosis: Diagnostic Challenges and Advances in a Rare Cause of Laryngitis.
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Blastomycosis
fungal laryngitis
laryngeal
Journal
The Laryngoscope
ISSN: 1531-4995
Titre abrégé: Laryngoscope
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8607378
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2019
Nov 2019
Historique:
received:
31
03
2018
revised:
31
08
2018
accepted:
10
09
2018
pubmed:
24
5
2019
medline:
8
11
2019
entrez:
24
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Blastomyces dermatitidis is a fungal organism endemic to the central and southern United States and capable of causing numerous diseases. Primary blastomycosis of the larynx is a rare clinical entity with a limited number of reported cases in the literature. Diagnosis is challenging as a result of nonspecific physical exam findings, difficulty of histopathologic detection and culture, and need for operative laryngeal biopsy for definitive identification. Molecular and serologic testing is not widely available. The authors present a case of laryngeal blastomycosis, the diagnosis of which was facilitated by in-office biopsy, and discuss diagnostic challenges. Laryngoscope, 129:2531-2533, 2019.
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2531-2533Informations de copyright
© 2019 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.
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