Lepromatous leprosy of the larynx

Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is a chronic, systemic, granulomatous infection in man caused by the acid-fast organism Mycobacterium leprae, which has a predilection for the skin, the peripheral nervous system, and the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. The organism establishes a stable host-parasite relationship that is usually not fatal but that is potentially mutilating....