Saddle Nose & Cauliflower Ear Deformities in Relapsing Polychondritis These images depict a 32-year-old man who presented with five weeks of left-sided hearing loss, weight loss and discomfort in the nose, ear, chest wall and knee. He had an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of 120 mm/hr, and a C-reactive protein level of 225.4 mg/L. The…
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-related disease) is relatively rare, although with greater recognition it is becoming more frequently diagnosed. Some of the more common presentations of the disease include aortitis, cholangitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, sclerosing sialadenitis, orbital disease with proptosis and subacute mass development in the affected organ.1 It has protean manifestations and is diagnosed by classic…