Relapsing Polychondritis: A Rare Case Report

Relapsing polychondritis is an uncommon disorder of unknown cause characterized by inflammation of cartilage, predominantly affecting the ear, nose, and laryngotracheobronchial tree. The case under discussion is a 50-year-old female with a classical presentation of relapsing polychondritis with sadd...

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Autores principales: Rajakumar, Ilakyaa, Karthikeyan, Kavyaashree, C R, Pugazhvanan, Hussain, Aamina, Madhavan, Krishnaswamy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10329812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37431345
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40172
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author Rajakumar, Ilakyaa
Karthikeyan, Kavyaashree
C R, Pugazhvanan
Hussain, Aamina
Madhavan, Krishnaswamy
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description Relapsing polychondritis is an uncommon disorder of unknown cause characterized by inflammation of cartilage, predominantly affecting the ear, nose, and laryngotracheobronchial tree. The case under discussion is a 50-year-old female with a classical presentation of relapsing polychondritis with saddle nose deformity, bilateral auriculitis, and laryngotracheobronchomalacia with joint involvement.
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spelling pubmed-103298122023-07-10 Relapsing Polychondritis: A Rare Case Report Rajakumar, Ilakyaa Karthikeyan, Kavyaashree C R, Pugazhvanan Hussain, Aamina Madhavan, Krishnaswamy Cureus Internal Medicine Relapsing polychondritis is an uncommon disorder of unknown cause characterized by inflammation of cartilage, predominantly affecting the ear, nose, and laryngotracheobronchial tree. The case under discussion is a 50-year-old female with a classical presentation of relapsing polychondritis with saddle nose deformity, bilateral auriculitis, and laryngotracheobronchomalacia with joint involvement. Cureus 2023-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10329812/ /pubmed/37431345 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40172 Text en Copyright © 2023, Rajakumar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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