A CASE OF RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS DEVELOPING TRACHEOMALACIA

SUZAN TEMİZ, OMER FARUK DEMİR, OMER ONAL, LEYLA HASDİRAZ, FAHRİ OGUZKAYA

Current Thoracic Surgery - 2020;5(2):87-90

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey

 

There are limited data on the relapsing polychondritis (RP). RP is an uncommon autoimmune disorder that is characterized by recurrent inflammation and destruction of the cartilage and connective tissue in various parts of the body with a high risk of misdiagnosis. Here we present a rare case of a 43-year-old female with relapsing polychondritis with tracheal involvement.