MAGIC syndrome, short for mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage syndrome, is a condition in which a person shows symptoms of both relapsing polychondritis and Behcet's disease. Behcet's disease is a chronic, relapsing, multisystem illness marked by inflammatory ulcers of the mouth, genitalia, and skin. Relapsing polychondritis is autoimmune recurrent inflammation of cartilage in the larynx, tracheobronchial tree, nose, ears, and mouth.
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Body SystemSourced to the subject's own account ICD-10 ChapterXIII: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission RouteSourced to the subject's own account First DescribedSourced to the subject's own account Sources
1. Mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage syndrome (Wikipedia)
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Firestein initially identified the syndrome in 1985.
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Autoimmune recurrent chondritis of the larynx, tracheobronchial tree, nose, ears, and mouth is known as relapsing polychondritis (RP).
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Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
3. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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