title: Laryngeal stenosis in epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica.
abstract: Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica is a rare hereditary skin disease of infancy in which minor trauma causes blister formation. We report a rare case of epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica (recessive) with a stenosis of the larynx due to epiglottic deformity. We performed a tracheotomy, and we detained a trachea aperture in the long term this time. In a characteristic of a disease though stimulation to the trachea causes the erosion on a trachea mucous membrane, postoperative course was uneventful and we are going to observe it in future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. tharuyam@med.juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haruyama
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Fumihiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Katsuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016108:Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica / Q000150:complications*; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014140:Tracheotomy