Congenital Tracheal Stenosis in Pfeiffer Syndrome
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We report an infant with Pfeiffer syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly type V) and a solid cartilaginous trachea lacking rings. This airway abnormality has been reported in a child with Crouzon syndrome but has not been described in Pfeiffer syndrome.
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