Classical rheumatoid arthritis associated with relapsing polychondritis.
Relapsing polychondritis is rare in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We report a case of classical RA with relapsing polychondritis. Nasal septal chondritis resulted in cartilage collapse and a characteristic saddle nose deformity. HLA typing of the patient showed the presence of HLA-DR4 antigen.
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Department of Medicine, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Voossoghi
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D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D015804:HLA-DR4 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography
D015804:HLA-DR4 Antigen