Respiratory subtype of relapsing polychondritis frequently presents as difficult asthma: a descriptive study of respiratory involvement in relapsing polychondritis with 13 patients from a single UK centre

Respiratory subtype of relapsing polychondritis frequently presents as difficult asthma: a descriptive study of respiratory involvement in relapsing polychondritis with 13 patients from a single UK centre

Introduction Relapsing polychondritis is a rare multisystem vasculitis characterised by recurrent cartilage inflammation. Respiratory involvement, of which tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) is the commonest form, is difficult to treat and is linked to increased mortality. We describe 13 patients with resp...

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Main Authors: Shirish Dubey, Colin Gelder, Grace Pink, Asad Ali, Christopher Taylor, Joanna Shakespeare, Susan Townsend, Patrick Murphy, Nicholas Hart, David D'Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2021-02-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/1/00170-2020.full

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