Congenital tracheal stenosis in Pfeiffer syndrome.
We report an infant with Pfeiffer syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly type V) and a solid cartilaginous trachea lacking rings. This airway abnormality has been reported in a child with Crouzon syndrome but has not been described in Pfeiffer syndrome.
Department of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology