RESUMO

Leprosy affects the larynx, damaging its mucosa and sensory nerves and loss of sensation may result in aspiration of food and secretions. The laryngeal lesion may be insidious. Post-mortem studies showed bronchopneumonia that could have originated from aspiration. In patients with laryngeal symptoms, dysphagia or aspiration pneumonia loss of laryngeal sensation should be looked for.

Assuntos

Doenças da Laringe/fisiopatologia , Hanseníase/complicações , Aspiração Respiratória/fisiopatologia , Brasil/epidemiologia , Broncopneumonia/epidemiologia , Broncopneumonia/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Doenças da Laringe/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Aspirativa/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Aspirativa/fisiopatologia , Aspiração Respiratória/epidemiologia