Clinical analysis of 11 patients with relapsing polychondritis / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
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(24): 625-627, 2009.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-748679
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To improve the understanding of the clinical feature and early diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis (RP).@*METHOD@#Eleven patients with RP were analyzed retrospectively and the reported literatures were reviewed.@*RESULT@#Nine cases had initial involvement of auricular cartilage while two polyarthritis. The treatment of 2RP patients with respiratory tract involvement was invalid and 1 patient died. Nine cases were initially misdiagnosed, with a misdiagnosis rate of 81.82%.@*CONCLUSION@#RP involves cartilage and connective tissue. The prognosis with respiratory tract involvement is poor. RP is a sort of paroxysmal and progressive inflammation involving cartilages all over the body with a variety of clinical manifestations. Early diagnosis of RP is based on full understanding of its clinical features.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Polychondritis, Relapsing
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Prognosis
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Therapeutics
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Retrospective Studies
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Diagnosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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