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Case Reports
. 2010:2010:623158.
doi: 10.1155/2010/623158. Epub 2010 Jun 23.

Relapsing polychondritis following alopecia areata

John C Starr  1 , Nidhika Taneja, George W Brasher
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Relapsing polychondritis following alopecia areata

John C Starr et al. Case Rep Med. 2010.

Abstract

A case of alopecia areata followed by relapsing polychondritis is presented. Similar cases from the literature are reviewed and speculation about the relationship of these diseases is offered. Although the occurrence of these diseases together could be coincidental, an association seems immunologically plausible. Thus, relapsing polychondritis might be an unusual systemic manifestation of alopecia areata.

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