title: Treatment of diffuse tracheomalacia secondary to relapsing polychondritis with continuous positive airway pressure.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adliff
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ngato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keshavjee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brenaman
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Granton
mesh_terms: 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*