Dysphagia in hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. A case report.
The congenital ectodermal dysplasias are a rare group of hereditary disorders manifesting with variable defects in structures of ectodermal origin. This report describes a patient with the hypohidrotic form of ectodermal dysplasia who presented with dysphagia and pneumonia. He was shown to have laryngeal incompetence and it is postulated that this may be a mechanism for the recurrent chest infections reported in patients with this condition.
D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male