Treatment of diffuse tracheomalacia secondary to relapsing polychondritis with continuous positive airway pressure.
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease characterized by recurrent inflammation and destruction of the cartilaginous structures. Tracheobronchial chondritis is a dreaded complication of RP. We wish to report a case of RP of the trachea and bronchi which was treated with nasal continuous positive airway pressure.
Adliff
M
M
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ngato
D
D
Keshavjee
S
S
Brenaman
S
S
Granton
J T
JT
D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008397:Masks; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*