Larynx, hypopharynx & trachea
Inflammatory / infectious lesions
Diphtheria
Author: Adriana Handra-Luca, M.D., Ph.D.
Last author update: 1 October 2012
Last staff update: 3 March 2021
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PubMed Search: Trachea diphtheria
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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
