Pérez-Elizondo AD

Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 99-101
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ABSTRACT

Atrial pericondritis is an infrequent inflammatory process of the auricular pavilion of microbial or traumatic, autoimmune or tumoral cause; A rare autoimmune disease with anti-collagen type II antibody production associated with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus, should be kept in mind.

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