Relapsing polychondritis

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How do you approach screening for occult cardiac or tracheal involvement in a patient with relapsing polychondritis?

Do you screen at any particular interval and does disease activity (remission vs ongoing active disease) change your approach?

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In older male patients with a history of underlying autoimmune disease, what clinical manifestations would prompt you to evaluate for VEXAS Syndrome?

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How would you counsel a patient with relapsing polychondritis who is considering a turbinectomy for nasal obstruction regarding potential risks and disease-related complications?

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In patients with suspected relapsing polychondritis, can pain, redness, and swelling occur only with sustained pressure on the ears or nose, rather than presenting spontaneously?

Patient with history of primary biliary cholangitis and joint pain, pain, redness and swelling of ears when wearing headphones or a hat and has pain o...

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What is your approach to treatment of airway involvement, such as recurrent bronchial stenosis, in relapsing polychondritis?

Are there specific immunosuppressive agents effective for this manifestation?

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When is a biopsy necessary to diagnose relapsing polychondritis?

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Medicine, 1976-05

Relapsing polychondritis: prospective study of 23 patients and a review of the literature.

Relapsing polychondritis

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