title: Atrophic rhinitis in a patient with anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.
abstract: We would like to present the rare case of a now 37-year old female patient with autosomal-recessively inherited anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia being treated in our ENT department for atrophic rhinitis. The clinical appearance very much resembled the picture of an "empty nose" with distinct hypoplasia of the turbinates and extensively wide nasal cavities. We want to point out the possible existence of atrophic rhinitis against the background of an underlying syndromatic disease in adults and also the pediatric patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. kerstin.wiesmiller@medizin.uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiesmiller
authors.forename: Tilman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keck
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindemann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012222:Rhinitis, Atrophic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy