Sarcoidose laríngea: revis？o de literatura

introduction: laryngeal sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease representing a challenge as regards diagnosis and treatment. method: in this review, all aspects of the disease are involved, including etiology, clinical manifestations in adults and children, diagnosis, and treatment, by searching through medline, lilacs and scielo databases, as well as english and portuguese articles published from 1973 to 2008. final comments: despite the breakthroughs in its diagnosis and treatment, sarcoidosis is a disease that remains without a clear etiology and physiopathology, becoming an exclusion diagnosis due to both the lack of precise exams and its likely multifactor background. laryngeal impairment, however infrequent, is a suspicion mainly when there is a precedent history of systemic sarcoidosis, and the research for differentiated diagnosis must be wide-ranging so as to prevent severe diseases like malign neoplasia from being unnoticed.