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A 45-year-old white woman with a history of auricular chondritis and hearing loss presents to the clinic with an acute exacerbation of hoarseness, dyspnea, and tenderness over the thyroid cartilage. Treatment for this patient should include which of the following?
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- Because of the patient's history, relapsing polychondritis is most likely.
- Treatment would include a steroid taper dose.
- Close observation would be necessary in case of a rapidly deteriorating course.
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