title: Idiopathic Orbital Inflammation Associated With Relapsing Polychondritis.
abstract: The authors describe a patient with recurrent idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease as an unusual presentation of relapsing polychondritis. There are very few reported cases in the literature of relapsing polychondritis associated with idiopathic orbital inflammation. Clinicians should be aware of the orbital and ophthalmic presentations of relapsing polychondritis.
authors.affiliation: *University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas; †Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; ‡Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston, Texas; §Department of Ophthalmology, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; and ‖Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Angeline F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: Amina I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chevez-Barrios
authors.forename: Stacy V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis