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Volume 349:e3 July 17, 2003 Number 3
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Relapsing Polychondritis

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A 64-year-old man was referred to an eye clinic because of recurrent bilateral red eyes and lid swelling, which had started 14 months earlier. One or both eyes would become inflamed and stay so until he was given a short course of oral corticosteroids. He was being treated for allergic conjunctivitis, both topically and systemically, and he had been treated for one episode of iritis. Examination revealed an inflamed, swollen, and tender right ear and a red right eye (Panel A). The pinna of his ear was involved, but the earlobe was spared. There was no nasal deformity or inflammation. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 



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