Early symptoms of relapsing polychondritis include sudden pain in cartilage, ear swelling, joint inflammation, and eye problems. Although polychondritis is not currently curable, treatment helps ...

Relapsing polychondritis is a rare disease. It causes recurrent swelling or inflammation of the cartilage and other tissue throughout a person’s body. Scientists are unsure of the cause of relapsing ...

Relapsing polychondritis is a rare disease that causes inflammation of your cartilage. It most commonly affects your ears, joints, and nose. Share on Pinterest Anatolijs Jascuks / EyeEm/Getty Images ...

We report on a case of fever of unknown origin in which 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron-emission tomography (PET) was instrumental in depicting cartilage inflammation, which eventually led to a ...

A large multicenter prospective cohort study has expanded “the understanding of the range of manifestations of disease in patients with relapsing polychondritis [RP]” — particularly involving the ear, ...

This review is describing the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to tracheobronchial involvement in relapsing polychondritis (RP), with a focus on differential diagnoses of inflammatory origin. RP is ...

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) and immunoglobulin G4–related disease (IgG4-RD) are rare multi-organ immune-mediated diseases. Both can present with nonspecific symptoms of fatigue, weight loss, ...

She had a persistent cough that cracked a rib, and her body ached all the time. What was it? By Lisa Sanders, M.D. It started with the broken rib. Or at least that’s what made the 36-year-old ...

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease that causes inflammation of your cartilage and other tissues in your body. If you have painful joints and notice changes in your ears or nose, you might ...

Two other cases, each of which has shown inflammation and partial collapse of an external ear, are also briefly described. Both patients have several manifestations of a connective-tissue disease and ...