Current Thoracic Surgery
2020 , Vol 5 , Issue 2
A case of relapsing polychondritis developing tracheomalacia
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey
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10.26663/cts.2020.00018
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There are limited data on the relapsing polychondritis (RP). RP is an uncommon autoimmune disorder
that is characterized by recurrent inflammation and destruction of the cartilage and connective tissue in
various parts of the body with a high risk of misdiagnosis. Here we present a rare case of a 43-year-old
female with relapsing polychondritis with tracheal involvement.
Keywords :
autoimmune disease, relapsing polychondritis, tracheomalacia