Cicatricial pemphigoid with severe laryngeal involvement necessitating tracheostomy (laryngeal cicatricial pemphigoid).
Cicatricial pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune blistering disease with laryngeal involvement in only 8% of cases. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman with vitiligo, primary hypothyroidism and cicatricial pemphigoid with severe laryngeal involvement necessitating tracheostomy.
Department of Dermatology, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, UK.
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D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000150:complications*; D014139:Tracheostomy; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000150:complications