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Case Report: Successful Treatment of Relapsing Polychondritis and Crohn’s Disease with Tocilizumab

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Relapsing polychondritis is a rare autoimmune inflammatory syndrome with no established treatment guidelines or placebo-controlled clinical trials. Most treatment plans are based on anecdotal case reports. We present a case of refractory relapsing polychondritis in a patient with Crohn’s disease. She has responded well and has achieved clinical remission on treatment with interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor tocilizumab.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Internal Medicine Residency, 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL, 60068, USA

    Lindsay N. Moy

  2. Department of Rheumatology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA

    Sydney R. Brandwein

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Moy, L.N., Brandwein, S.R. Case Report: Successful Treatment of Relapsing Polychondritis and Crohn’s Disease with Tocilizumab. SN Compr. Clin. Med. 4, 226 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01310-1

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