PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 3 September 1980, pp. 380-384
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Candida Esophagitis and Laryngitis in Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis

Roger H. Kobayashi MD1, Howard M. Rosenblatt MD1, Jean M. Carney MD1, William J. Byrne MD1, Marvin E. Ament MD1, Guillermo R. Mendoza MD1, James P. Dudley MD1, and E. Richard Stiehm MD1

1 Divisions of Immunology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and the Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Five children (aged 11 to 19 years) with lifelong chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis had 12 episodes of esophageal and/or laryngeal candidiasis documented by endoscopy. Symptoms included hoarseness (8/12), dysphagia (6/12), and hemoptysis (1/12). There was poor correlation between oral lesions and esophageal or laryngeal involvement. On fiberoptic endoscopy, the esophagus was involved alone in four episodes (33%), the larynx in two episodes (17%), and both structures in six episodes (50%). In six of eight instances, the esophagram was nondiagnostic or markedly underestimated the extent of inflammation. Intravenous amphotericin B or miconazole resulted in the resolution of these infections for variable periods of time. Repeat endoscopy was used to follow the course of the disease. Aerosolized amphotericin B was effective on one occasion in clearing candidal lesions of the larynx and one small area of the left mainstem bronchus. Oral topical therapy was not beneficial. Since the signs and symptoms of laryngitis or esophagitis are often minimal or absent and complications, including strictures, may arise from chronic inflammation, periodic endoscopy and systemic therapy may be necessary.

Submitted on October 29, 1979
Accepted on January 22, 1980