title: Relapsing polychondritis: a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with myelodysplastic syndromes.
abstract: We report an unusual case of a patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome associated with life threatening relapsing polychondritis. The improvement in symptoms attributable to the relapsing polychondritis during treatment of the hematologic disorder suggests that relapsing polychondritis is a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with myelodysplastic syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Besien
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tricot
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000754:Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications*