Dysphagia in hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. A case report
Potter, P.C.; Bowie, M.D.
South African Medical Journal 66(6): 232-234
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 6463801 Document Number: 228384
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.