Bosphorus Med J. 2022; 9(2): 142-144 | DOI: 10.14744/bmj.2021.83584

Tekrarlayan Polikondrit: Bir Olgu Sunumu

Ayþe Ünal Enginar¹, Cahit Kaçar^2
1Ordu Devlet Hastanesi, Romatoloji, Ordu, Türkiye
²Akdeniz Üniversitesi Týp Fakültesi, Fiziksel Týp ve Rehabilitasyon ve Romatoloji Anabilim Dalý, Antalya, Türkiye

Tekrarlayan polikondrit kýkýrdak dokularda tekrarlayan ve progresif inflamasyonla karakterize nadir otoimmün bir hastalýktýr. Auriküler kýkýrdak, en yaygýn klinik bulgusu ve en sýk baþlangýç tutulum yeridir. Nazal kondrit hastalarýn %15’inde vardýr. Nazal kartilajýn yýkýlmasý ile semer burun deformitesi geliþebilir. Burada, 38 yaþýnda nazal kondrit ile baþlayan semer burun deformitesi geliþen ve rinoplasti sonrasýnda tekrarlayan polikondrit tanýsý alan bir hasta sunuldu.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Nazal kondrit, rinoplasti, semer burun deformitesi, tekrarlayan polikondrit.

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Relapsing Polychondritis: A Case Report

Ayþe Ünal Enginar¹, Cahit Kaçar^2
1Department of Rheumatology, Ordu State Hospital, Ordu, Turkey
²Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Rheumatology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an uncommon autoimmune disease characterized by repeated and progressive inflammation in cartilage tissue. The auricular cartilage is the location of the most common clinical findings and the most common site of initial involvement. Nasal chondritis is a manifestation present in 15% of patients. Progressive destruction of nasal cartilage leads to the characteristic flattening of the nasal bridge, resulting in saddle nose deformity. The case is, here, presented of a 38-year-old patient who developed nasal chondritis which resulted in saddle nose deformity, and was diagnosed with RP following rhinoplasty.

Keywords: Nasal chondritis, relapsing polychondritis, rhinoplasty, saddle nose deformity.

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