title: A case of relapsing polychondritis associated with myelodysplastic syndrome with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Kyu-Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jung-Il
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Seung-Hie
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Chae-Gi
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-Gyung
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung-Yoon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choe
mesh_terms: 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