BLASTOMYCOSIS OF THE LARYNX

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Abstract
Blastomycosis of the larynx is a rare disease, though probably not as rare as the paucity of literature on the subject would indicate. It is hoped that its recognition as a diagnostic possibility by the laryngeal textbooks of the future will lead not only to its more frequent detection, but to the early diagnosis that may result in cure of the otherwise fatal disease. REPORT OF CASE History.—A man, aged 48, a clerk in a general store, was referred by Dr. J. D. Brewer to the bronchoscopic clinic for diagnosis as to the cause of laryngeal stenosis and aphonia, and for cure and decannulation. He was wearing a tracheotomy tube which had been inserted eight months previously. About two years before admission, the patient developed hoarseness which became progressively worse. On exertion, dyspnea developed within a few months of the onset of hoarseness. A diagnosis of pulmonary and

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