Relapsing polychondritis: a rare etiology of dysphonia and novel approach to treatment.

Kristin Woodbury, Libby J Smith

Department of Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery, Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA.

The Laryngoscope 2011 May

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Relapsing polychondritis affects the airway in half of all diagnosed patients. The traditional approach to the treatment of relapsing polychondritis in all sites is oral steroids and other immune-modulating drugs. We present a case of laryngeal relapsing polychondritis treated with local injections of steroid in the face of oral therapy failure. The novel approach is discussed and the disease process is reviewed. Copyright © 2010 The American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society, Inc.

Citation

Kristin Woodbury, Libby J Smith. Relapsing polychondritis: a rare etiology of dysphonia and novel approach to treatment. The Laryngoscope. 2011 May;121(5):1006-8