Relapsing polychondritis is an uncommon, chronic disorder of the cartilage.
Relapsing polychondritis is characterized by recurrent episodes of painful inflammation.
Relapsing polychondritis can involve all types of cartilage.
Polychondritis, also called relapsing polychondritis, is a rare disease in which cartilage in many areas of the body becomes inflamed. The disease most commonly affects the ears, nose and the airways of the lungs.
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A rare autoimmune disorder in which there is inflammation of hyaline cartilage in joints, nose, pinna and airways. Scleritis may occur.
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Definition Relapsing polychondritis is a disease characterized by autoimmune-like episodic or progressive inflammation of cartilage and other connective tissue, such as the nose, ears, throat, joints, kidneys, and heart.
Synonyms: chronic atrophic polychondritis, generalised chondromalacia, Meyenburg's disease, Meyenburg-Altherr-Uehlinger syndrome, relapsing perichondritis, systemic chondromalacia, von Meyenburg's disease.
Gilliland BC. Relapsing polychondritis and other arthritides. In: Isselbacher K, et al. Eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine . 14th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 1998:1055.
Mayo's rheumatologists treat more than 100 types of arthritis, including common diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, and rare diseases such as relapsing polychondritis and multicentric reticulohistiocytosis.
Other connective tissue disorders besides rheumatoid arthritis that may cause scleritis include systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa, relapsing polychondritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and sarcoidosis.
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The tissue at the base of the aorta can be affected by various conditions such as: Marfan's syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, relapsing polychondritis, syphilis.
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