1. A case of relapsing polychondritis
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Kang Dae Lee, Mee Sun Kim, Man Hong Jung, Seon Ja Park, Bung Jun Lee, Mee Ra Kim, Tae Won Jang, and Ki Bum Cho
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Larynx ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Cartilage ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Etiology ,Fatal disease ,sense organs ,business ,Nose ,Relapsing polychondritis ,Inflammatory disorder - Abstract
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare and sometimes fatal disease of unknown etiology, manifestating as an episodic and progressive inflammatory disorder, affecting predominantly the cartilage of the ears, nose and tracheobroncheal tree as well as internal structures of the eyes and ears. We experienced a case of relapsing polychondritis involving the larynx, tracheobroncheal tree, eye, nose and ear in a 20 year old male, required tracheostomy due to severe dyspnea.
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- 1970