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Performance Characteristics of Anti-Collagen II Antibodies in Relapsing Polychondritis and Related Diseases: Prospective Analysis, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
Objective Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease defined by recurrent cartilaginous inflammation. Anti–collagen II (Col2) antibodies have been proposed as a diagnostic biomarker for RP, but their performance characteristics are not well defined.
Stonick K, Ferrada MA, Fike A, Quinn KA, Turturice BA, Stein C, Grayson PC.   +6 more
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A Case of Relapsing Polychondritis With Severe Obstructive Ventilatory Defect Caused by a Single Flare-Up. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
We present a case of relapsing polychondritis with a rapidly progressive obstructive ventilatory defect caused by a single flare‐up, despite significant improvements in the thickening of the airway walls after starting steroid administration. Although the airway walls appeared normal on computed tomography after starting treatment, tracheobronchial ...
Nakagawa R, Kishimoto A, Namiki T, Sunabe H, Inui T, Ishikawa H, Watanabe H, Dai Y, Sakamoto T.   +8 more
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Anesthetic experience of a patient with relapsing polychondritis -A case report- [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare disease characterized by progressive inflammation and destruction of cartilaginous structures such as ears, nose, and tracheolaryngeal structures.
In Ki Kim, Min Soo Kim, Yong Seon Choi, Yang-Sik Shin   +3 more
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Passagère cognitieve achteruitgang bij een patiënt met relapsing polychondritis

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, 2023
Patiënt A, 58 jaar, wordt naar de geriatrie verwezen door de reumatoloog in verband met apathie. Anamnese vermeldt verspringende gewrichtspijnen, rode ontstoken ogen, apathie en interesseverlies.
S. J. Swen, D. J. H. Leonards, W. A. A. Swen, J. F. M. de Jonghe, K. J. Kalisvaart   +4 more
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Hemorrhagic Stroke in Relapsing Polychondritis: A Rare Complication of a Rare Disease

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2020
Background. Relapsing Polychondritis is a rare rheumatologic condition with multisystem involvement. Common presenting symptoms are auricular and nasal chondritis. Common complications include hearing loss and cardiac involvement.
Benjamin Chaucer, Augustus Demanes, Abriella Stone, Venkat Kakollu   +3 more
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Differential diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis from asthma by 18‐fluoro‐2‐deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
About a half of all patients with relapsing polychondritis show airway involvement, which is a major cause of morbidity and mortality from this disease. FDG‐PET/CT is useful in the differential diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis from asthma.
Mariko Ono, Yuki Maeda, Nobuyuki Koyama, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazutetsu Aoshiba   +4 more
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Meatoplasty as a Functional Treatment Option in Relapsing Auricular Polychondritis

B-ENT, 2022
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare connective tissue disorder, of unknown etiology, characterized by episodic inflammation of cartilaginous and connective tissue structures, leading to permanent destruction.
Floor Marie Couvreur, Bob Greet Hugo Lerut   +1 more
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Relapsing Polychondritis Initially Presenting with Hoarseness and Difficulty Breathing in a 21-Year-Old Male

Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2016
Objective:       To present a case of relapsing polychondritis initially presenting with hoarseness and difficulty breathing and to discuss the diagnostic criteria and typical CT scan findings of relapsing polychondritis. Design:                      
Paula Francezca Padua, William L. Lim
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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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Relapsing Polychondritis Requiring Orthotopic Heart Transplant Despite Coronary Artery Bypass and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
A 32-year-old man with a history of relapsing polychondritis presented with acute coronary syndrome due to aortitis with ostial coronary artery involvement from his underlying autoimmune condition.
David Bae, MD, Corey Lum, DO, Robin Chand, MD, Eugene DePasquale, MD, Ali Nsair, MD, Reza Ardehali, MD, PhD   +5 more
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