title: Chondrodysplasia punctata presenting with tracheal obstruction.
abstract: Chondrodysplasia punctata is a group of congenital bone and cartilage disorders characterized by erratic calcification during development. Laryngeal and tracheal calcification and subsequent stenosis, while being reported in several cases of chondrodysplasia punctata, are not frequent findings and there are no proposed management techniques. We describe here a case of an infant with chondrodysplasia punctata associated to tracheal stenosis that was successfully treated with balloon dilation, and with long term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Electronic address: claudia.schweiger@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schweiger
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Michel N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Nassar
authors.affiliation: ENT Specialists, PC, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Debora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goebel
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rutter
mesh_terms: D002806:Chondrodysplasia Punctata / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Airway obstruction; Balloon dilation; Chondrodysplasia punctata