Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to E H Rainer.
Two cases of aural tuberculosis in Caucasian adults are described. Stress is laid on the need to consider tuberculosis in cases of chronic otitis presenting unusual features. Lack of suspicion of tuberculosis frequently leads to long delays in diagnosis and subsequent needless disability.
A patient with classical relapsing polychondritis in whom abdominal pain was a prominent symptom is described. Histological examination of skin and mesenteric biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of Weber-Christian disease (systemic panniculitis) suggested by clinical features. The prognostic and therapeutic implications of this unusual disease association are discussed.
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