Relapsing polychondritis

Relapsing polychondritis is a rare disease involving the whole system and multiple systems. It has recurrent and relapsing progressive inflammatory destructive lesions that involve cartilage and other systemic connective tissues including the ear, nose, eyes, joint respiratory tract and cardiovascular system. Wait. 1923 Jaksch-Wartenhorst: First described the clinical manifestations of the disease and named it polychondropathia. In 1960 Pearson analyzed 12 patients and named them recurrent polychondritis. Its etiology and pathogenesis are still unclear, but more and more evidence indicates that the disease has autoimmune mechanisms involved.

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