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Relapsing polychondritis associated with bilateral stapes footplate fixation: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Relapsing polychondritis is a rare multisystem autoimmune disease of uncertain etiology characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation and progressive destruction of cartilaginous tissues.
Takwoingi Yohanna M
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Previously undiagnosed scoliosis presenting as pleuritic chest pain in the emergency department – a case series and a validating retrospective audit

open access: yesBMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Chest pain is one of the commonest presenting complaints in urgent/emergency care, with a lifelong prevalence of up to 25% in the adult population.
Gabor Xantus   +2 more
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Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis as an Early Manifestation of Relapsing Polychondritis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

open access: yesCase Reports in Neurology, 2016
Neurological involvement in relapsing polychondritis (RP) is relatively rare. We describe the case of an 80-year-old man who presented with hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) together with arthritis as the first manifestation of RP.
Satoru Ushiyama   +8 more
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Auricular Perichondritis and Multifocal Chondromata in an Egyptian Donkey with Droopy

open access: yesSVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2018
A 9-years-old female Egyptian donkey presented with ear drooping, multiple subcutaneous firm nodules (3-7 mm) on the medial surfaces of both ears and intact skin. Furthermore, the ear pinnae were diffusely thickened with subcutaneous induration.
Mohie Haridy   +2 more
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Chondritis of the Burned Ear: A Review

open access: yesEar, Nose & Throat Journal, 1992
Seventy-six patients with burns of the ears presented to the Western Pennsylvania Hospital Burn Trauma Center over a three year period. Toprevent chondritis, all ears were treated prophylactically with periauricular hair shaving, daily cleaning, avoidance of pressure dressings and Sulfamylon Burn Cream. Chondritis developed in two patients. Aspects of
I W Goldfarb   +3 more
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Destructive Upper Airway Disease from Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA): The Very First Case

open access: yesCase Reports in Rheumatology, 2019
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a multisystem vasculitic disorder that predominantly affects medium- and small-sized blood vessels.
Biplab Saha   +4 more
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Relapsing Polychondritis: An Updated Review

open access: yesBiomedicines, 2018
Relapsing polychondritis is an immune-mediated systemic disease characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation of cartilaginous and proteoglycan-rich tissues, resulting in progressive anatomical deformation and functional impairment of the involved ...
Francesco Borgia   +3 more
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Value of Gallium-67 Scanning in Monitoring Therapeutic Effectiveness in a Patient with Relapsing Polychondritis

open access: yesKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2008
We present a 57-year-old man who had low-grade fever and painful, swollen and erythematous ears. Gallium-67 citrate scintigraphy (gallium scan) performed prior to the commencement of treatment showed increased gallium uptake in bilateral external ears ...
Ming-Che Chang   +2 more
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Relapsing polychondritis (clinical observations)

open access: yesНаучно-практическая ревматология
Relapsing polychondritis (RPC) is an autoimmune disease manifested by both repeated attacks and a persistent inflammatory process with progressive destruction of cartilaginous structures, in particular, chondritis of the ears, nose, larynx, bronchi, and ...
Е. N. Skryabina   +4 more
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Accompanying Herpes Zoster with perichondritis-infectious auricle of chondritis

open access: yesمجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2000
Perichondritis and chondritis are rare disease of auricle than may be due to burns surgery or trauma and can present with severe pain erythema and edema.
MH Taziki (MD), B Soltani (MD)
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