M10 Living with relapsing polychondritis; a patient and carer engagement exploration
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RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS Biologics in Relapsing Polychondritis: A Literature Review
Background: There is no standardized therapeutic protocol for relapsing polychondritis (RP). Emergence of biologics holds much hope in the management of this connective tissue disease. Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of biologics in patients with active RP. Methods: A systematic review of the literature using PubMed was performed through December 2010. MeSH terms and keywords we...
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Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is a systemic disorder characterized by inflammation of small vessels mainly affecting the kidneys and lungs. We describe a 72-year-old woman who developed multiple cartilage involvements as well as major manifestations of MPA. The left ear biopsy demonstrated cartilaginous inflammation and small vessel vasculitis. She also had conjunctivitis, hearing impairment, ...
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The Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) is an uncommon systemic disease of unknown aetiology, probably due to an autoimmune process that destroys cartilaginous tissues because of a recurring inflammatory lesion. Deformities in the nasoseptal structure as the “nose in saddle” result in functional and aesthetic damage. The present study describes a case of a 53-yearold woman with the main diagnostic hy...
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Relapsing polychondritis, an uncommon, chronic, multisystem disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation of cartilaginous tissues, can be life-threatening, debilitating, and difficult to diagnose. This review is based on the authors' experience with 36 patients with relapsing polychondritis who were followed from 1980 to 1997, 30 patients located elsewhere who completed a detail...
متن کاملRelapsing Polychondritis
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic disease characterized by recurrent, widespread chondritis of the auricular, nasal, and tracheal cartilages. Additional clinical features include audiovestibular dysfunction, ocular inflammation, vasculitis, myocarditis, and nonerosive arthritis. Although the cause remains unknown, the etiology is suspected to be autoimmune. We describe a case of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0040-6376,1468-3296
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209333.452