Primary Laryngeal Aspergillosis in an Immunocompetent Host

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Kaustuv Das Biswas
Ankit Choudhary
Swapan Kumar Ghosh
Subhradev Biswas

Abstract

Introduction


Aspergillosis of Larynx is very rare and may present with symptoms suspicious of malignancy. Prevention of dissemination warrants early diagnosis. It is found mainly in Immunocompromised patients and is usually necrotizing, invasive with disseminated systemic infection, associated with poor prognosis. In Immunocompetent patients it is extremely rare and may present as colonization associated with excellent prognosis.


Case Report


A 43 year old male patient presented with hoarseness of voice for about 3 months with whitish irregular lesion that involved the anterior 1/3 of both the vocal cords. A cheesy material was found covering indurated lesion of both the vocal cords, intraoperatively. Stripping of mucosa over vocal cords was done and cheesy material collected and sent for HPE which revealed Aspergillus hyphae overlying Mild dysplastic changes. Following diagnosis the patient was followed up with oral dosages of Itraconazole.


Discussion


The primary Aspergillosis of larynx is extremely rare. Involvement is always secondary to immunocompromised states like AIDS, malignancy, Diabetes, etc. This was a rare case in Immunocompetent patient.


Management constitute removal of the vocal cord lesions during biopsy. Amphotericin B is first-line agent for this infection, however aerosolised and liposomal amphotericin B offer effective dosing with less toxicity. Newer antifungal Itraconazole may produce more reliable results.

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Biswas KD, Choudhary A, Ghosh SK, Biswas S. Primary Laryngeal Aspergillosis in an Immunocompetent Host. BJOHNS [Internet]. 2020Jul.27 [cited 2024Nov.4];26(2):131-3. Available from: https://bjohns.in/journal3/index.php/bjohns/article/view/190
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Author Biographies

Kaustuv Das Biswas, SSKM hospital and IPGMER

RMO , Department of ENT and Head Neck surgery

Ankit Choudhary, SSKM hospital and IPGMER

Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Junior Resident

Swapan Kumar Ghosh, SSKM hospital and IPGMER

Professor, Department of ENT and Head Neck surgery

Subhradev Biswas, SSKM hospital and IPGMER

Assistant Professor, Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery

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