Mouse-nibbled apperance of vocal cord is seen in:
Correct Answer: TB
Description: Tuberculosis of larynx is always secondary to pulmonary TB. Tubercle bacilli reach the larynx by bronchogenic or haematogenous routes. Mostly affects males in middle age group. Affects posterior pa of (Posterior Commissure) larynx more than anterior pa. Clinical Features Weakness of voice (earliest symptom), odynophagia, dysphagia. Pain radiates to the ears. Laryngeal examination shows: Vocal cord: Mouse nibbled ulceration Arytenoids: show ulceration. Interarytenoid region is swollen giving a mammillated appearance(' Epiglottis shows: Pseudoedema and is called as 'turban epiglottis'. Surrounding mucosa is pale. Earliest sign = Adduction weakness Knob like epiglottis and Button hole Epiglottis is seen in leprosy
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