title: Relapsing polychondritis: a review.
abstract: Relapsing polychondritis is a rare multisystem disease involving the cartilaginous and proteoglycan rich structures. The spectrum of clinical presentations may vary from intermittent episodes of painful and often disfiguring auricular and nasal chondritis, to occasional organ or even life-threatening manifestations like airway collapse. There is lack of awareness about this disease due to its rarity. Relapsing polychondritis disease activity index has recently been validated and may help in clinical decision making and research. This article reviews the literature on this disease entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India, amansharma74@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Aman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Karthik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gnanapandithan
authors.forename: Kusum
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Susmita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones