Another Case with Relapsing Polychondritis-Like Ear Disease
Journal: Pediatric And Neonatalcare: Open Access (Vol.2, No. 1)Publication Date: 2014-09-13
Authors : Yosuke Kakisaka Naomi Hino-Fukuyo Mitsugu Uematsu; Shigeo Kure;
Page : 1-2
Keywords : Relapsing polychondritis; Psoriasis; Recurrence; Reactive etiology; Insect bite; Mosquito bite;
Abstract
Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) is a rare multi-systemic disorder characterized by widespread, destructive, inflammatory lesions of cartilage. Ear feature of the disease is characterized with redness without lobe involvement. There has been only a few cases in which chondritis involved only the auricles [1,2]. Some group named it “RPlike ear disease” [1]. Here, we exp
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