Relapsing Polychondritis (Subscribe)  

Polychondritis aka/or Relapsing polychondritis aka/or Myenberg-Altherr-Uehlinger syndrome may cause or feature - Symptoms and Signs Arthropathy Conductive hearing loss Episcleritis Epistaxis Erythema nodosum Saddle nose deformity Stridor Uveitis Cardiac and vascular conditions Aneurysms Aortic valve incompetence Mitral valve incompetence Inflammatory conditions Scleritis Vasculitis Trauma, mechanical and physical conditions Tracheal stenosis belong(s) to the category of Autoimmune diseases Polychondritis: Definition(s) via UMLS..... "An acquired disease of unknown etiology, chronic course, and tendency to recur. It is characterized...

Author: Nicholas L Compton, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center
Contents Introduction Clinical Differentials Workup Treatment Medication Follow-up Miscellaneous Pictures Bibliography
Synonyms and related keywords: relapsing polychondritis, RP, cartilaginous inflammation, cartilage inflammation, inflamed cartilage, inflamed ear, ear inflammation, inflamed nose, nose inflammation, inflamed laryngotracheobronchial tree,...

Polychondritis is a rare degenerative disease characterized by recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body. Deterioration of the cartilage may affect any site of the body where cartilage is present. Ears, larynx and trachea may become "floppy," and the bridge of the nose can collapse into a "saddlenose" shape....

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- OCOSH Classification: Cartilage Diseases: Relapsing Polychondritis