Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Relapsing polychondritis is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory disease that is specific to cartilage tissues throughout the body.We report a case of relapsing polychondritis localized in the airway.A 72-yearold woman presented to the emergency department with persistent pharyngeal pain, hoarseness, and dyspnea for the past month, and started receiving treatment for acute laryngitis.The patientʼs condition was once relieved, but repeatedly worsened and went into remission.Therefore, a tracheotomy and biopsy of the larynx and tracheal cartilage were performed, and a diagnosis of recurrent polychondritis was made based on histopathological examination.The patient was treated with corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs at the department of immunology.22 months have passed since the onset of the disease, and the patient has been doing well without any recurrence.
DOI: 10.5106/jjshns.35.45
Authors: Naoya Esa, Tetsuo Morihana, Yukiko Yamane
Institution: Osaka University Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Rheumatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412619561