Obstructive respiratory failure in cicatricial pemphigoid.
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.
de Carvalho
C R
CR
Pulmonary Division, Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo, Brasil.
Amato
M B
MB
Da Silva
L M
LM
Barbas
C S
CS
Kairalla
R A
RA
Saldiva
P H
PH
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*