title: Obstructive respiratory failure in cicatricial pemphigoid.
abstract: A 20 year old woman died of respiratory failure due to cicatricial pemphigoid of the trachea and bronchi. This is the first case with the lower airways affected to be reported.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Division, Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Barbas
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kairalla
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Saldiva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000150:complications*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000150:complications*