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Relapsing polychondritis [PDF]

Clinical Radiology, 1988
Relapsing polychondritis is a progressive multisystem disorder that predominantly affects cartilage, producing an inflammatory reaction. We present case histories from four patients having mainly respiratory symptoms in whom we measured the coronal diameters of the trachea and compared them with the tracheal measurements from radiographs of patients ...
M P, Crockford, I H, Kerr
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The red hearing: swollen ear in a patient with ulcerative colitis [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2014
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare connective tissue disease of unknown etiology characterized by recurrent inflammation, degeneration and deformity of auricular cartilage.
Paras Karmacharya, Ranjan Pathak, Pragya Shrestha, Richard Alweis   +3 more
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Relapsing polychondritis associated with bilateral stapes footplate fixation: a case report

Journal 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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LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS ASSOCIATED WITH RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS RESPONDED TO INFLIXIMAB AND MAINTAINED ITS CONDITION WITHOUT RECURRENCE AFTER DISCONTINUATION : A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE [PDF]

, 2014
2014-08Central nervous system (CNS) manifestations are rare complications of relapsing polychondritis (RP). The majority of patients respond well to glucocorticoid therapy, but need to maintain it.
SATO, JUICHI, TAKAHASHI, NORIYUKI, SOBUE, GEN, TAKAHASHI, YUKITOSHI, TAKAMI, YUICHIRO, KONDO, TAKESHI, SATO, MOTOKI, BAN, NOBUTARO, ATSUTA, NAOKI, FUKUTA, MAMIKO, SUZUKI, TOMIO, TAKEMOTO, AYUMU   +11 more
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Relapsing polychondritis with large airway involvement

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare autoimmune condition characterized by episodic and progressive cartilaginous inflammation. Its clinical presentation is vastly divergent and can affect various organs.
Christiaan Yu, Simon A. Joosten
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A case of tracheobronchomalacia due to relapsing polychondritis treated with Montgomery T-tube

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare and multi-system autoimmune disease of unknown etiology characterized by inflammation and destruction of cartilaginous structures.
Nari Jeong, Hang Jea Jang, Jae Ha Lee, Hyeon-Kuk Kim, Jin Han Park, Yoo Jin Lee, Bong Soo Park   +6 more
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Relapsing polychondritis

, 2020
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare autoimmune disease with recurrent episodes of inflammation of cartilage of the auricular pinna, nose, larynx, trachea and bronchi, as well as involvement of the inner ear, eye, heart, large vessels, kidneys and ...
Kucharz, Eugeniusz Józef; Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland, Kostarczyk-Rogacz, Sonia; Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland   +1 more
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Relapsing Polychondritis

Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2009
Relapsing Polychondritis is an autoimmune disease that can present with a variety of non-specific symptoms involving the ears, nose, throat, head and neck.
Charina Melinda C. Elgar-Reyes, Patrick Joseph A. Pardo   +1 more
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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

ERJ Open Research, 2021
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 ...
Shirish Dubey, Colin Gelder, Grace Pink, Asad Ali, Christopher Taylor, Joanna Shakespeare, Susan Townsend, Patrick Murphy, Nicholas Hart, David D'Cruz   +9 more
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Relapsing polychondritis: prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and its risk factors, and general disease features according to gender

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
The comorbidities in relapsing polychondritis have been scarcely described in the literature. Moreover, apart from a few relapsing polychondritis epidemiological studies, no studies specifically addressing relapsing polychondritis distribution according ...
Pablo Arturo Olivo Pallo, Maurício Levy-Neto, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo   +3 more
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