[Diagnostic image (171). A man with a painful red ear. Relapsing polychondritis].
A 50-year-old man presented with a painful and red swollen right ear, fever, iridocyclitis and a peripheral facial nerve palsy, due to relapsing polychondritis. Immunosuppressive therapy was successful.
van Wermeskerken
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van den Bergh
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Frijns
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D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone