Journals / Türk Geriatri Dergisi / 2012 / Cilt: 15 - Sayı: 2

Yaşlı hastada hipofarengeal karsinomu takklit eden tularemi

Tularemia presenting as hypopharyngeal carcinoma in an elderly patient

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212–214
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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We believe that tularemia must be considered in the differential diagnosis of the hypopharyngeal lesions, especially in endemic regions and elderly patients.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Tularemia is a zoonotic disease and it may have fatal consequences, especially in geriatric patients.
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Key Findings & Data:We report a 72 year old man with hypopharyngeal tularemia who presented with an ulcero-vegetative lesion of pyriform sinus and cervical lymph nodes.
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Conclusion & Impact:We believe that tularemia must be considered in the differential diagnosis of the hypopharyngeal lesions, especially in endemic regions and elderly patients.
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Abstract

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease and it may have fatal consequences, especially in geriatric patients. Named as rabbit fever, lemming fever and deer fly fever, it may present as ulceroglandular, oculoglandular, pneumonic, oropharyngeal, gastrointestinal, and typhoidal tularemia but hypopharyngeal tularemia has not been reported previously. We report a 72 year old man with hypopharyngeal tularemia who presented with an ulcero-vegetative lesion of pyriform sinus and cervical lymph nodes. Our initial diagnosis was hypopharyngeal carcinoma but the biopsy of the lesion was reported as granulomatous necrotizing infection. Serologic examination revealed hypopharyngeal tularemia and he was treated with ciprofloxacin and doxycycline. We believe that tularemia must be considered in the differential diagnosis of the hypopharyngeal lesions, especially in endemic regions and elderly patients.

Özet

Tularemi zoonotik bir hastalık olup bilhassa yaşlı hastalarda ölümcül sonuçlara neden olabilir. Dünyanın çeşitli yerlerinde tavşan ateşi, yaban sıçanı ateşi ve sinek ateşi olarak ta adlandırılır. Tulareminin klinik olarak ülseroglandüler, gastrointestinal, pnömonik, gastrointestinal, tifoidal ve orofaryngeal formları olup literatürde daha önce hipofarengeal tularemi tanımlanmamıştır. Bu yazı da, priform sinüste ülserovejetan lezyon ve servikal lenfadenopati ile kendini gösteren hipofarengeal tularemili 72 yaşında erkek hasta sunulmuştur. Ön tanı olarak hipofarengeal karsinom düşünülen hastadan alınan biopsi sonucu nekrotizan granülamatöz lezyon olarak raporlandı. Yapılan serolojik tetkikler sonucunda tularemi tanısı konan hastaya tedavi olarak peroral siprofloksasin ve doksisilin verildi. Tularemi, özellikle endemik bölgelerde boyunda lenf nodu ile birlikte seyreden hipofarengeal lezyonların ayırıcı tanısında düşünülmelidir.

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ÇADALLI, E. T., SAYLAM, G., BAYIR, Ö., ÖZDEK, A., KORKMAZ, H. (2022). Yaşlı hastada hipofarengeal karsinomu takklit eden tularemi. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 15 - Sayı: 2, 212–214. https://ajindex.com/articles/624007

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