title: Inherited nasal and laryngeal degenerative chondropathy.
abstract: Four rare cases of congenital saddle-nose deformity and slowly progressive degeneration of laryngeal cartilages with stenosis are described. The term inherited degenerative chondropathy is suggested for this disease entity. To our knowledge this is the first article on such a disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurien
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Seshadri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sen Bhanu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics