Cerebral aneurysm in relapsing polychondritis.
A 51-year-old woman with relapsing polychondritis involving auricular and nasal cartilage, hearing loss, vasculitic skin lesions and a cerebral aneurysm of the posterior cerebral artery is described. Cerebral aneurysm is a rare manifestation of relapsing polychondritis which to our knowledge has not yet been described.
Strobel
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Department of Medicine, Freiburg University, Germany.
Lang
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Schumacher
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Peter
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D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications*