A Case of Relapsing Polychondritis

Abstract

A thirty-year-old female with relapsing polychondritis was reported. The first symptom was redness and swelling of the bilateral auricles, then hoarsness and dyspnea followed after a half month.
The case was followed for one year and three months. Dyspnea was caused by ankylosis and the edema of the bilateral vocal cords. Another causative factor was the stenosis of the main trachea. During the follow-up period, a saddle nose occured. The redness and swelling of the auricles, pain in the chest and upper and lower limb joints relapsed.