ABSTRACT
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.
Subject(s)
Tuberculosis, Laryngeal/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Italy/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Data are presented on 15 cases of invasive tracheobronchial tumours subjected to cryotherapy in 1984-85. The technique is indicated in patients who cannot be given surgical or radiation treatment and in cases of asphyxial syndrome requiring faster deobstruction than is obtainable with radiation treatment.
Subject(s)
Bronchial Neoplasms/surgery , Cryosurgery , Tracheal Neoplasms/surgery , Adenocarcinoma/surgery , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Bronchoscopy , Carcinoma, Small Cell/surgery , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/surgery , Cryosurgery/methods , Female , Humans , Leiomyosarcoma/surgery , Lung Neoplasms/surgery , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Deafness/etiology , Osteogenesis Imperfecta/genetics , Sclera/abnormalities , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Otosclerosis/complications , Pedigree , SyndromeABSTRACT
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.