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[A Case of the Relapsing Polychondritis Limited to the Trachea]
Abstract:
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.
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