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Doc, Just Cut My Ears Off—A Case Report of Actinomyces in Bilateral Chronic Auricular Chondritis

The Laryngoscope, Volume 135, Issue 10, Page 3651-3653, October 2025.
Ear piercings can lead to infectious complications, commonly involving Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa . This is the first documented case of bilateral chronic auricular chondritis caused by Actinomyces odontolyticus following cartilage piercings.
Niketna Vivek, Austin Hoke, Priyesh N. Patel, Kenneth C. Fletcher   +3 more
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Case Report: Lessons Learned From Subsequent Autologous and Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantations in a Pediatric Patient With Relapsing Polychondritis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
BackgroundAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autoHSCT) is increasingly being recognized as a treatment option for severe refractory autoimmune diseases (AD). However, efficacy is hampered by high relapse rates.
Saskia R. Veldkamp, Marc H. A. Jansen, Joost F. Swart, Caroline A. Lindemans, Caroline A. Lindemans   +4 more
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Safety and Effectiveness of Combination Rituximab and Cyclophosphamide Therapy for Treating Pediatric Patients With Severe Manifestations of Rheumatic Disease

ACR Open Rheumatology, Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2025.
Objective Current practice guidelines recommend the use of either rituximab (RTX) or cyclophosphamide (CYC) for the treatment of severe manifestations of systemic vasculitis or connective tissue disease. Few studies have evaluated safety and efficacy outcomes of combination therapy with RTX and CYC.
Eileen Rife, Daniel Reiff, John Bridges, Randall Q. Cron, Emily Smitherman, Matthew L. Stoll, Livie Timmerman, Peter Weiser, Melissa L. Mannion   +8 more
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Leprosy with Atypical Skin Lesions Masquerading as Relapsing Polychondritis

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2016
Leprosy can present with a variety of clinical manifestations depending on the immune status of the individual. After dermatological and neurological involvement, rheumatic features specially various forms of arthritis are the third most common ...
Punit Pruthi, Hariharan Munganda, Amit Bangia, Uma Rani, Rajesh Budhiraja, Swapnil Brajpuriya   +5 more
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Clinical Factors Associated With Pneumocystis Pneumonia Despite Its Primary Prophylaxis: When to Stop Prophylaxis?

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Volume 77, Issue 9, Page 1263-1272, September 2025.
Objective Although previous studies show that primary prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is effective in patients with rheumatic diseases receiving immunosuppressive treatment, there is limited evidence regarding the optimal timing for prophylaxis withdrawal.
Ju Yeon Kim, Se Rim Choi, Jin Kyun Park, Eun Young Lee, Eun Bong Lee, Jun Won Park   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relapsing Polychondritis that Recovers Rapidly with One-Dose Steroid: A Case Report

İstanbul Medical Journal, 2015
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare, autoimmune, multisystemic disease that presents with episodic inflammatory process of the cartilages. We report a case of a 48-year-old woman who presented to our otolaryngology clinic with complaints of pain, eritema,
Abdurrahman Bozkurttan, Süheyl Haytoğlu, Soner Kadıköylü, Umut Aslan, Osman Kürşat Arıkan   +4 more
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Beyond an Inflamed Ear

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014
Keywords: Ear Diseases; Ear, External; Polychondritis, Relapsing.
Cristina Ponte, Carla Macieira
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Oral mucosal manifestations with identical mutations to the bone marrow in a patient with VEXAS syndrome

Rheumatology &Autoimmunity, EarlyView.
Lilian Vasaitis, Lena Blomstrand, Tatjana Pandzic, Miklos Gulyas, Panagiotis Baliakas, Viktor Ljungström   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atypical Manifestations of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review and Clinical Atlas of Unusual Clinical and Specific Anatomical Presentations

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) represents the most common form of leishmaniasis. It imposes a significant medical burden due to long‐lasting ulcers and disfiguring scars, underscoring the need for comprehensive CL control strategies, particularly in endemic regions.
Bahareh Abtahi‐Naeini, Seyed Naser Emadi, Zabihollah Shahmoradi, Mahsa Pourmahdi‐Boroujeni, Ali Saffaei, Fereshte Rastegarnasab   +5 more
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A Unique Case of Relapsing Polychondritis Presenting with Acute Pericarditis

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2013
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an inflammatory disease of the cartilaginous tissue primarily affecting the cartilaginous structures of the ear, nose, joints, and the respiratory system.
John V. Higgins, Uma Thanarajasingam, Thomas G. Osborn   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source