Diphtheria

Larynx, hypopharynx & trachea
Inflammatory / infectious lesions
Diphtheria

Author: Adriana Handra-Luca, M.D.

Topic Completed: 1 October 2012

Revised: 26 November 2019

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PubMed Search: Trachea diphtheria

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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 December 14th, 2019.

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