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Aortic insufficiency and recurrent valve prosthesis dehiscence in MAGIC syndrome
D Lê Thi Huong1, B Wechsler, J C Piette
1Department of Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
We describe a case of mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage (nasal and ear chondritis) (MAGIC syndrome). Our case was complicated by repeated aortic prosthetic valve dehiscence and femoral false aneurysm. The condition was resolved by treatment with corticosteroids and azathioprine.