Isolated laryngeal leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent patient: successful treatment with surgery

J Laryngol Otol. 1994 Mar;108(3):249-51. doi: 10.1017/s002221510012643x.

Abstract

The localization of Leishmania spp. in the larynx is rare but it has recently been described in patients infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The normal treatment given is antimonials. We describe a case of isolated leishmaniasis in the larynx which was cured by surgery. Our patient was a 47-year-old man who had suffered visceral leishmaniasis in his childhood with no immunosuppression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Laryngeal Diseases / parasitology
  • Laryngeal Diseases / pathology
  • Laryngeal Diseases / surgery*
  • Larynx / pathology
  • Larynx / surgery*
  • Leishmaniasis / pathology
  • Leishmaniasis / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged