Diphtheria

Trachea
Infectious disorders
Diphtheria

Author: Adriana Handra-Luca, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: `10 November 2017, last major update October 2012

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PubMed Search: Trachea diphtheria

Table of Contents

Definition / general | Case reports | Gross images

Cite this page: Handra-Luca, A. Diphtheria. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/tracheadiphtheria.html. Accessed April 22nd, 2018.

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

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6 year old child's trachea
and major bronchi with mucosa
damaged by toxin produced by
Corynebacterium diphtheriae