Abhimanue 5 months ago
CASE STUDY: Relapsing polychondritis
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic disease characterised by recurrent, widespread chondritis of the auricular, nasal, and tracheal cartilages. Additional clinical features include audiovestibular dysfunction, ocular inflammation, vasculitis, myocarditis, and nonerosive arthritis. Although the cause remains unknown, the etiology is suspected to be autoimmune.1 A concomitant autoimmune disease is present in around a third of patients with RP.2 RP usually presents in the fourth and fifth decade and affects men and women equally
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