A Case of Relapsing Polychondritis Associated with Thrombophlebitis.
- Author:
Eui Chang CHUNG
1
;
Jee Ho CHOI
;
Kyung Jeh SUNG
;
Kee Chan MOON
;
Jai Kyung KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Relapsing polychondritis;
Thrombophlebitis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Cardiovascular System;
Dapsone;
Erythema Multiforme;
Erythema Nodosum;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Livedo Reticularis;
Pneumonia;
Polyarteritis Nodosa;
Polychondritis, Relapsing*;
Psoriasis;
Skin;
Thrombophlebitis*;
Vasculitis
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2000;38(1):79-83
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare systemic disorder characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous structures, the eye, the audiovestibular and cardiovascular systems. Skin lesions, found in 17% to 38% of cases, include leukocytoclastic vasculitis, livedo reticularis, erythema nodosum, erythema multiforme, keratoderma blenorrhagicum, psoriasis, polyarteritis nodosa, thrombophlebitis and other various conditions. We report a 65-year old man with relapsing polychondritis and associated thrombophlebitis. The patient was treated with oral dapsone and systemic steroid with complete resolution of symptoms. However, the patient died of severe intractable pneumonia.
