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  • Title: [Relapsing polychondritis in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome].
    Author: Tanaka K, Nakamura E, Naitoh K, Utsunomiya I, Matsuo K, Osabe S, Honda J, Yoshida K, Egami K, Natori H.
    Journal: Rinsho Ketsueki; 1990 Nov; 31(11):1851-5. PubMed ID: 1704934.
    Abstract:
    Relapsing polychondritis is a rare disorder of uncertain origin characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilage. A case of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) associated with relapsing polychondritis is reported. A 60-year-old man who had been diagnosed as MDS was admitted because of pain and swelling in the bilateral preauricular regions and cheek. A diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis was made by coexistence of auricular chondritis, arthropathy, ocular inflammation and audio-vestibular disturbance. He also developed ocular palsies and optic neuritis. He was treated with prednisolone, azathioprine, dapsone, and then with steroid pulse therapy. Moreover, plasmapheresis and high dose gamma-globulin therapy were undertaken. However, all these treatments were unsuccessful and he died of respiratory failure.
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