Pre-treatment bronchoscopic evaluation in a case of relapsing polychondrits

Abstract Background Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory disease of the cartilage tissues in the body. The cause of RP is unknown, and since it is a rare disease with symptoms that affect multiple organs, diagnosis is often delayed. Case presentation A 62-year-old wo...

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Main Authors: Kosumi Kumagai, Hajime Tsuruoka, Kei Morikawa, Hiroshi Handa, Masamichi Mineshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02400-z