A case of relapsing polychondritis associated with myelodysplastic syndrome with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia.
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare multisystem disorder. Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia is a rare form of myelodysplasia. Several cases of RP associated with MDS have recently been described. However, RP associated with MDS with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia has never been reported. There was only one case report of polymyalgia rheumatica associated with MDS with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia. In this study, we report a 79-year-old patient with RP, who developed MDS subtype refractory anemia (RA) with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia, a very characteristic subtype of MDS.
Heo
Seong-Wook
SW
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Cho
Kyu-Hyun
KH
Ryu
Jung-Il
JI
Chung
Seung-Hie
SH
Kim
Chae-Gi
CG
Kim
Sang-Gyung
SG
Choe
Jung-Yoon
JY
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012010:Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology