FDG-PET/CT and Auricular Cartilage Biopsy Are Useful for Diagnosing with Relapsing Polychondritis in Patients without Auricular Symptoms

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare autoimmune inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent inflammation and destruction of cartilage. Although auricular chondritis is a characteristic finding in RP, it can be difficult to diagnose in the absence of auricular symptoms. A 64-year-old Japanese...

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Autores principales: Okuda, Saki, Hirooka, Yasuaki, Itami, Tetsu, Nozaki, Yuji, Sugiyama, Masafumi, Kinoshita, Koji, Funauchi, Masanori, Matsumura, Itaru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34575105
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11090956

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