Eustachian tube involvement in a patient with relapsing polychondritis detected by magnetic resonance imaging: A case report

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World J Clin Cases. Feb 6, 2022; 10(4): 1441-1446
Published online Feb 6, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i4.1441

Eustachian tube involvement in a patient with relapsing polychondritis detected by magnetic resonance imaging: A case report

Daisuke Yunaiyama, Akiko Aoki, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Miwako Someya, Mitsuru Okubo, Kazuhiro Saito

Daisuke Yunaiyama, Kazuhiro Saito, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Shinjuku-ku 160-0023, Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Yunaiyama, Mitsuru Okubo, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji-shi 193-0998, Japan

Akiko Aoki, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji-shi 193-0998, Japan

Miwako Someya, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji-shi 193-0998, Japan

Author contributions: Yunaiyama D and Aoki A designed the report; Aoki A, Kobayashi H, and Someya M collected the patient’s clinical data; all authors analyzed the data and wrote the paper and approved the final manuscript.

Informed consent statement: Informed consent from the patient regarding submitting case report has been obtained.

Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to report.

CARE Checklist (2016) statement: The authors have read the CARE Checklist (2016), and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CARE Checklist (2016).

Corresponding author: Daisuke Yunaiyama, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku 160-0023, Tokyo, Japan. yuunai@tokyo-med.ac.jp

Received: September 7, 2021
Peer-review started: September 7, 2021
First decision: November 19, 2021
Revised: November 28, 2021
Accepted: December 23, 2021
Article in press: December 23, 2021
Published online: February 6, 2022
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare inflammatory disease involving the systemic cartilage. Its diagnostic criteria and clinical manifestations are well established; however, no previous studies have reported the involvement of the eustachian tube (ET) in RP. A 72-year-old Japanese woman with a history of redness of the auricles for 3 d was diagnosed with RP with pathological evidence. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed edematous ETs with contrast enhancement. The MRI manifestation was considered as inflammatory changes of the ET cartilage.