Larynx, hypopharynx & trachea
Inflammatory / infectious lesions
Cryptosporidium
Author: Adriana Handra-Luca, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 October 2012
Minor changes: 3 March 2021
Copyright: 2002-2021, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Cryptosporidium trachea
Cite this page: Handra-Luca A. Cryptosporidium. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/tracheacryptosporidia.html. Accessed March 4th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Acid fast parasite; tracheal dissemination is rare complication of intestinal infection (Clin Microbiol Rev 2002;15:145)
Case reports
- 64 year old woman with lymphoma, chronic tracheitis and bronchitis (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1990;114:519)
Microscopic (histologic) images
Images hosted on other servers:
Various images
