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Aseptic meningitis and ischemic stroke in relapsing polychondritis

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Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous structures. Its involvement of central nervous system is uncommon. We report the case of a 71-year-old woman whose initial manifestations were RP and meningitis and whose subsequent attack of RP was associated with a left cerebral infarction. The patient responded to steroid therapy in both attacks of RP.

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  1. Second Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Kai-Cheng Hsu, Yih-Ru Wu, Rong-Kuo Lyu & Lok-Ming Tang

  2. Department of Neurology, Lo-Tung Pohai Hospital, County 265, Yilan, Taiwan

    Lok-Ming Tang

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Published online: 26 July 2005

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Hsu, KC., Wu, YR., Lyu, RK. et al. Aseptic meningitis and ischemic stroke in relapsing polychondritis. Clin Rheumatol 25, 265–267 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-005-1152-3

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