Relapsing Polychondritis and Airway Involvement.

The article presents a study which evaluated the prevalence and the characteristics of airway involvement in relapsing polychondritis (RP). Researchers examined data of RP patients presented in the Rheumatology Clinic and the Complex Airway Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts from Janury 2004 to February 2008. The study concluded that symptotic airway involvement in RP is common and at times severe, while the nature of airway problems is diverse.