Larynx, hypopharynx & trachea
Inflammatory / infectious lesions
Adenovirus
Author: Adriana Handra-Luca, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 October 2012
Minor changes: 26 November 2019
Copyright: 2002-2019, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Trachea adenovirus [title]
Table of Contents
Definition / generalCite this page: Handra-Luca A. Adenovirus. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/tracheaadenovirus.html. Accessed August 8th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Important pathogen in immunocompromised patients, who often have disseminated disease causing death (Am J Clin Pathol 2003;120:575)
- Associated with ulcerations in larynx and trachea
