Clinical analysis of 11 patients with relapsing polychondritis.
- Author:
Yang HUANG
1
;
Jian MEI
;
Qin LI
;
Chunchun CAI
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China. mhy0327@126.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Aged;
Child;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Polychondritis, Relapsing;
diagnosis;
therapy;
Prognosis;
Retrospective Studies;
Young Adult
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2009;23(14):625-627
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To improve the understanding of the clinical feature and early diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis (RP).
METHOD:Eleven patients with RP were analyzed retrospectively and the reported literatures were reviewed.
RESULT:Nine cases had initial involvement of auricular cartilage while two polyarthritis. The treatment of 2RP patients with respiratory tract involvement was invalid and 1 patient died. Nine cases were initially misdiagnosed, with a misdiagnosis rate of 81.82%.
CONCLUSION:RP involves cartilage and connective tissue. The prognosis with respiratory tract involvement is poor. RP is a sort of paroxysmal and progressive inflammation involving cartilages all over the body with a variety of clinical manifestations. Early diagnosis of RP is based on full understanding of its clinical features.
