title: Pulmonary manifestations of relapsing polychondritis.
abstract: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a chronic multisystemic disease characterized by recurrent episodes of cartilage inflammation throughout the body. The lower respiratory tract is involved in 20% to 50% of patients and results in significant morbidity. Effective medical therapies and airway interventions are available in experienced centers; however, no single treatment is curative, and the prognosis of RP with airway disease remains overall guarded.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Samaan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rafeq
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trentham
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy