Epididymo-Orchitis as a Presenting Feature of Relapsing Polychondritis: A Case Report

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare multisystem disease. It is characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous structures including the ears, nose, tracheo-bronchial tree and peripheral joints. Proteoglycan-rich structures such as the heart, eyes and blood vessels can also be affected....

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Autores principales: Bhamra, Kuljeet, Weerasinghe, Rachel, Steuer, Alan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/726038
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description Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare multisystem disease. It is characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous structures including the ears, nose, tracheo-bronchial tree and peripheral joints. Proteoglycan-rich structures such as the heart, eyes and blood vessels can also be affected. Systemic symptoms including fever, weight loss and lethargy are common. RP is difficult to diagnose as it presents in a wide variety of ways and there is no diagnostic test. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment but other immunosuppressive drugs can be used in combination with steroids. We present an unusual presentation of RP.
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spelling pubmed-34204692012-08-30 Epididymo-Orchitis as a Presenting Feature of Relapsing Polychondritis: A Case Report Bhamra, Kuljeet Weerasinghe, Rachel Steuer, Alan Case Rep Rheumatol Case Report Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare multisystem disease. It is characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous structures including the ears, nose, tracheo-bronchial tree and peripheral joints. Proteoglycan-rich structures such as the heart, eyes and blood vessels can also be affected. Systemic symptoms including fever, weight loss and lethargy are common. RP is difficult to diagnose as it presents in a wide variety of ways and there is no diagnostic test. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment but other immunosuppressive drugs can be used in combination with steroids. We present an unusual presentation of RP. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2012-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3420469/ /pubmed/22937448 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/726038 Text en Copyright © 2011 Kuljeet Bhamra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Epididymo-Orchitis as a Presenting Feature of Relapsing Polychondritis: A Case Report
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