RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Vascular involvement in relapsing polychondritis
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1019
OP 1022
VO 116
IS 9
A1 Esdaile, J.
A1 Hawkins, D.
A1 Gold, P.
A1 Freedman, S. O.
A1 Duguid, W. P.
YR 1977
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/116/9/1019.abstract
AB Review of four cases of relapsing polychondritis (RP) seen at one hospital in the 12-year period 1963 to 1974 revealed that one patient had aortic insufficiency with large artery involvement, two others had involvement of medium and large arteries and the fourth may have had mucocutaneous vasculitis. Valvular disease has occurred in 9% of all cases of RP reported in the literature and, if vasculitis beyong the aortic root is included, 25% of cases of RP manifested inflammatory vascular disease. The frequency of pseudotumour of the orbit and cochlear-labyrinthine dysfunction is also high and may be a manifestation of vasculitis.