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Kristin Woodbury1, Libby J Smith
1Department of Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery, Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA.
Abstract:
Relapsing polychondritis affects the airway in half of all diagnosed patients. The traditional approach to the treatment of relapsing polychondritis in all sites is oral steroids and other immune-modulating drugs. We present a case of laryngeal relapsing polychondritis treated with local injections of steroid in the face of oral therapy failure. The novel approach is discussed and the disease process is reviewed.
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