[A man with a red ear].
A 80-year-old man had a red and painful ear with an repeating interval of 1 week. He had a history of COPD, an aortic valve and mitral valve replacement with a bioprosthesis and anterior uveitis. Histological examination of the ear showed relapsing polychondritis.
St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Nieuwegein, Afd. Reumatologie, the Netherlands. borg@antoniusziekenhuis.nl
Evert-Jan
EJ
ter Borg
Rutger I F
RI
van der Waal
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004423:Ear / Q000473:pathology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*