| Table 3. |
| Diseases Associated with Relapsing Polychondritis* |
| Systemic vasculitides |
| |
Wegener granulomatosis (38, 46) |
| |
Polyarteritis nodosa (46) |
| |
Microsopic polyarteritis nodosa (46) |
| |
Chrug-Straus syndrome (47) |
| |
Behcet disease (MAGIC syndrome) (48, 49) |
| Connective tissue diseases |
| |
Rheumatoid arthritis |
| |
Reiters syndrome (1,52) |
| |
Psoriatic arthritis (11) |
| |
Ankylosing spondylitis (53) |
| |
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (1) |
| |
Systemic lupus erythematosus (1,54) |
| |
Sjogren syndrome (2, 55-57) |
| |
scleroderma (1) |
| Hematologic diseases |
| |
myelodysplastic syndromes (2, 55-77) |
| |
Lymphoma (56) |
| |
Pernicious anemia (1) |
| |
Acute leukemia (1) |
| Other dieseases |
| |
Hypothyroidism (1) |
| |
Hashimoto thyroiditis (58) |
| |
Graves disease (58) |
| |
Ulcerative colitis (1,11) |
| |
Myasthenia Gravis, thymoma (59) |
| |
Primary biliary cirrhosis (11) |
| |
Mixed cryoglobulinemia (11) |
| |
Diabetes (1,58) |
| *Numbers in parentheses are reference numbers. MAGIC =Mouth
and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage. |
