Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis as an Early Manifestation of Relapsing Polychondritis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Neurological involvement in relapsing polychondritis (RP) is relatively rare. We describe the case of an 80-year-old man who presented with hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) together with arthritis as the first manifestation of RP. Auricular chondritis, which subsequently determined the diagnosis of...
Main Authors: | Satoru Ushiyama, Tomomi Kinoshita, Yasuhiro Shimojima, Nobuhiko Ohashi, Dai Kishida, Daigo Miyazaki, Katsuya Nakamura, Yoshiki Sekijima, Shu-ichi Ikeda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2016-10-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Neurology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/450850 |
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