1992 Volume 51 Issue 3 Pages 348-355
A 63-year-old male complained of vertigo and bilateral sensory hearing loss and then developed relapsing polychondritis. Cases of relapsing polychondritis with vertigo as the initial symptom are rare: only 4 have been reported in Japan. Otoneurological tests revealed bilateral sensory hearing loss and bilateral canal paralysis. Corticosteroid hormone therapy markedly improved his left hearing level and left canal paralysis. It is thought that the vartigo in this case was caused by relapsing polychondritis related to auto-immune reaction to type II collagen.
