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Sep 1, 2015

A case of the relapsing polychondritis limited to the trachea

Journal of Otolaryngology of Japan
  • Kaori Mori
  • ,
  • Kojiro Ishioka
  • ,
  • Hirotomo Yamazaki
  • ,
  • Yushi Ueki
  • ,
  • Yamato Kubota
  • ,
  • Hiroshi Matsuyama
  • ,
  • Yutaka Yamamoto
  • ,
  • Arata Horii
  • ,
  • Sugata Takahashi

Volume
118
Number
9
First page
1150
Last page
1154
Language
Japanese
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.3950/jibiinkoka.118.1150
Publisher
Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Society of Japan Inc.

A 62-year-old woman, who had dysesthesia in the throat, and polyposia the previous year, was admitted in a coma because of respiratory failure. Computed tomography scans demonstrated dilatation of the esophagus and stenosis of the trachea. After emergency intubation, extubation was not possible due to a collapsed trachea, so we performed a tracheostomy. The tracheoscopy from the stoma showed an esophagus-like trachea due to disappearance of the tracheal cartilage and the straight pattern on the membranous portion, and the lumen deformed with coughing. With the continuous dyspnea episode, the patient was diagnosed as having tracheomalacia. Anti-type II collagen antibody and pathological findings of the trachea led us to the diagnosis of Relapsing Polychondritis.

Link information
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3950/jibiinkoka.118.1150
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26615666
ID information
  • DOI : 10.3950/jibiinkoka.118.1150
  • ISSN : 0030-6622
  • Ichushi Web ID : 2015405368
  • Pubmed ID : 26615666
  • SCOPUS ID : 84946055873

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