Relapsing Polychondritis With Glomerulonephritis

Relapsing Polychondritis With Glomerulonephritis

To the Editor.—James L. Ruhlen, MD, and Kent A. Huston, MD, described a patient with relapsing polychondritis (RP) associated with glomerulonephritis (1981;245:847). The authors did not mention whether a search for cryoglobulin was done. We recently observed a patient with essential cryoglobulinemia...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 246; no. 19; p. 2156
Main Authors: Weinberger, Abraham, Pinkhas, Jack
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Medical Association 13-11-1981
Subjects:
Cryoglobulinemia - complications
Glomerulonephritis - complications
Humans
Polychondritis, Relapsing - complications
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:To the Editor.—James L. Ruhlen, MD, and Kent A. Huston, MD, described a patient with relapsing polychondritis (RP) associated with glomerulonephritis (1981;245:847). The authors did not mention whether a search for cryoglobulin was done. We recently observed a patient with essential cryoglobulinemia (EC) with vasculitis, arthritis, and Raynaud's phenomenon, in whom RP developed 18 months after the establishment of the diagnosis of EC. Renal involvement may occur in EC.1 Therefore, we wonder whether the first patient had the association of cryoglobulinemia, renal involvement, and RP, especially since unexplained liver function test abnormalities recorded by the authors had been previously reported in patients with EC.2
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.1981.03320190016012