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A Astesiano

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PubMed1989

Examination of 41 cases of laryngeal tuberculosis observed between 1975-1985.

Forty one cases of laryngeal tuberculosis, accounting for 0.8% of all cases of tuberculosis observed in 1975-1985, are evaluated. The mean age was 53 yrs, the male/female ratio 9:1. In all cases current or earlier pulmonary tuberculosis was noted. The laryngeal sites affected were, in order of frequency: true vocal cords, epiglottis, false cords and laryngeal ventricles, arytenoid and interarytenoid area, subglottic area. The patients were usually treated with isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol for 6-12 months. Two cases required excision of laryngeal lesions. The results of chemotherapy were good.

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PubMed1981

[Endobronchopulmonary therapy with a permanent trans-crico-thyroid probe].

The possibilities of treating chronic bronchopneumopathies of various nature by means of permanent endobronchial transcricothyroid probe are examined with reference to 6 cases representing patients under treatment at the time this paper was being prepared (2 cases of chronic pulmonary TB, 2 of suppurating bronchiectasis, 1 of middle lobe syndrome and 1 of tracheal carcinoma). The series examined confirms the usefulness of this type of treatment as a back-up to traditional medical treatment where this alone failed to achieve the necessary results. Stress is laid on the good tolerance of the TCT probe presented by all patients, including a five-year-old boy.

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