An isolated laryngeal sarcoidosis in a child threatening to the airway – A case report

Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of an unknown etiology. Involvement of head and neck area with sarcoidosis is rare whereas isolated laryngeal involvement is even more exceptional and rare particularly in children. Laryngeal involvement with sarcoidosis is a challenging situation not only to diagnose but also to treat. Laryngeal sarcoidosis may be seen as an isolated lesion or as an associated lesion of systemic sarcoidosis. Laryngeal involvement may cause dysphonia, dysphagia and dyspnea. Fatal airway complication like stridor can occur. We present a rare case of an isolated laryngeal sarcoidosis in an 8-year-old male child involving the epiglottis and aryepiglottic folds with compromising the supraglottic airway leading to stridor.