Relapsing Polychondritis

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Abstract
TWO cases of an allegedly rare disease have been seen by us within the past several months. In each an intense inflammatory and degenerative process developed in several cartilaginous structures that were eventually dissolved and replaced by fibrous connective tissue. Because of its episodic nature we have called this syndrome relapsing polychondritis. In the 10 cases reported in the literature to date1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 this condition has been known as polychondropathy,1 systemic chondromalacia2 and chronic atrophic polychondritis11 and also by several descriptive titles. None of the designations, including our own, completely fit the picture of the disease, for in addition to . . .