title: [Relapsing polychondritis, interstitial granulomatous dermatitis and antiphospholipid syndrome: an unusual clinical association].
abstract: The authors describe the case of a 49 year-old male patient with a 3-year history of antiphospholipid syndrome, admitted after presenting in the emergency room with erythematous nodular skin lesions, affecting the face and neck, with a week's duration. Local biopsies were suggestive of interstitial granulomatous dermatitis. The patient described lesions compatible with bilateral auricular chondritis, two weeks prior to the appearance of the nodules, which resolved spontaneously after 3 days. There was a previous episode of nasal chondritis, two years previously, and another episode starting at the 7th day of hospitalization. These findings, taken together with a diagnosis of seronegative polyarthritis established 5 years before the current events, lead to a diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis.
authors: Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. saramserra@hotmail.com
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Serra
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Monteiro
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Pires
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Vieira
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Telechea
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Inês
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Salvador
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Malcata
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis