Relapsing Polychondritis Initially Presenting with Hoarseness and Difficulty Breathing in a 21-Year-Old Male | Zendy

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Relapsing Polychondritis Initially Presenting with Hoarseness and Difficulty Breathing in a 21-Year-Old Male

Author(s) -

Paula Francezca Padua,

William Lim

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

philippine journal of otolaryngology head and neck surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2094-1501

DOI - 10.32412/pjohns.v31i2.237

Subject(s) - relapsing polychondritis , medicine , chondropathy , respiratory tract , surgery , asthma , radiology , respiratory system , pathology , osteoarthritis , articular cartilage , alternative medicine

Result: A 21-year-old man who was initially managed as a case of bronchial asthma for persistent hoarseness and recurrent difficulty breathing was found to have severe laryngeal edema on endoscopy, and soft tissue expansion of the cricoid cartilage with calcifications and irregular first tracheal ring on CT scan. He also had recurrent eye redness and developed bilateral aural inflammation, and was subsequently diagnosed to have relapsing polychondritis.

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