title: [Diagnostic image (171). A man with a painful red ear. Relapsing polychondritis].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: van Wermeskerken
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: van den Bergh
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Frijns
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone