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Human Pathology

Volume 14, Issue 2, February 1983, Pages 184-186
Human Pathology

Primary aspergillosis of the larynx simulating carcinoma

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A case of pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia of the larynx secondary to fungal infection is presented. The laryngeal lesion resembled carcinoma both clinically and pathologically. Aspergillus species were identified in tissue sections and confirmed by immunofluorescence studies. The lesion responded well to antifungal tfterapy. This case is reported because of the extreme rarity of primary aspergillosis of the larynx, its occurrence in an otherwise healthy patient, and its marked resemblance both clinically and pathologically to laryngeal carcinoma.

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from the Department of Pathology, Division of Surgical Pathology, and the Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Alabama in Birmingham.

*

Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Pathology.

†

Chief Resident, Division of Otolaryngology.

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