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Rapid corneal thinning and perforated ulcerative keratitis in a patient with relapsing polychondritis

BACKGROUND: To report rapid corneal thinning and perforation in a case with relapsing polychondritis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 43 year-old male diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis suffered from bilateral scleritis, bilateral swelling of pinna, saddle nose and tracheal stenosis. The patient presented...

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Autores principales: Lai, Tracy Hiu Ting, Far, Nikki, Young, Alvin Lerrmann, Jhanji, Vishal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5356328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40662-017-0073-y