Larynx, hypopharynx & trachea
Inflammatory / infectious lesions
Diphtheria
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PubMed Search: Trachea diphtheria
Inflammatory / infectious lesions
Diphtheria
Author: Adriana Handra-Luca, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 October 2012
Minor changes: 26 November 2019
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PubMed Search: Trachea diphtheria
Cite this page: Handra-Luca A. Diphtheria. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/tracheadiphtheria.html. Accessed May 30th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Tracheal involvement in pharyngeal / laryngeal diphtheria is uncommon
- Late appearance of grey brown thick and firm false membranes of pharynx and larynx
- Death occurs rarely in nonimmunized children (Vestn Otorinolaringol 1995;(2):31)
Case reports
- Fatal case in a nonimmunized child (Pediatr Pathol 1994;14:391)
Gross images
Images hosted on other servers:
6 year old child's trachea
and major bronchi with mucosa
damaged by toxin produced by
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
