Laryngeal sarcoidosis in 13 year-old teenager
Herlow, L.B.; Rasmussen, N.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 172(45): 3116-3117
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 21055382 Document Number: 644107
Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown pathogenesis. It can affect numerous organs but most commonly involves the respiratory tract. On rare occasions it only involves the larynx. We describe a case of isolated laryngeal sarcoidosis in a teenage girl with symptoms of hoarseness, snoring and dyspnoea. The diagnosis was supported by detection of granulomatous inflammation in a laryngeal biopsy. She was successfully treated by surgical excision of the granulomatous swellings of the arytenoids and epiglottis combined with inhaled corticosteroids.