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Lyme chondritis presenting as painless ear erythema.
Hemalatha Srinivasalu, Annemarie C Brescia, Carlos D Rose
George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA. hsriniva@cnmc.org
Pediatrics 2013 JunSizes of these terms reflect their relevance to your search.
Erythema of the ear lobe in the context of Lyme disease is caused by either borrelial lymphocytoma or localized erythema migrans. Here we present a case of chondritis limited to the ear cartilage caused by Lyme disease. The patient was treated with ceftriaxone with complete resolution of symptoms.
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Hemalatha Srinivasalu, Annemarie C Brescia, Carlos D Rose. Lyme chondritis presenting as painless ear erythema. Pediatrics. 2013 Jun;131(6):e1977-81
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