Laryngeal tuberculosis in renal allograft patients

Am J Kidney Dis. 1998 Apr;31(4):701-5. doi: 10.1053/ajkd.1998.v31.pm9580143.

Abstract

Laryngeal tuberculosis, although the most common granulomatous disease of the larynx, is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, never reported in immunosuppressed allograft recipients. We present two cases of laryngeal tuberculosis in renal transplant patients and a review of the literature. Two women, a 29-year-old and a 60-year-old, each more than 9 years after their cadaveric renal allograft, presented with a 2-week febrile illness with hoarseness and dysphagia, and both were found to have laryngeal tuberculosis by direct laryngoscopy. Although both radiographs were unremarkable, both patients had sputum positive for acid-fast bacilli that subsequently grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Clinical response promptly followed institution of isoniazid, rifampicin, and pyrazinamide in each case, although both required threefold increases in daily cyclosporin A dosage to maintain therapeutic levels.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / administration & dosage
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / immunology
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Laryngeal / immunology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents