Relapsing Polychondritis
Are You Confident of the Diagnosis? What you should be alert for in the history Relapsing polychondritis is a chronic, relapsing, progressive disease characterized by inflammation of cartilage. The ears, nose, joints and tracheobronchial cartilages are most commonly involved. Structures rich in proteoglycan can also be affected (eye, heart, inner ear). Course tends to be…