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[Clinical analysis of 11 patients with relapsing polychondritis]
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China. mhy0327@126.com
Objective:
To improve the understanding of the clinical feature and early diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis (RP).
Method:
Eleven patients with RP were analyzed retrospectively and the reported literatures were reviewed.
Result:
Nine cases had initial involvement of auricular cartilage while two polyarthritis. The treatment of 2RP patients with respiratory tract involvement was invalid and 1 patient died. Nine cases were initially misdiagnosed, with a misdiagnosis rate of 81.82%.
Conclusion:
RP involves cartilage and connective tissue. The prognosis with respiratory tract involvement is poor. RP is a sort of paroxysmal and progressive inflammation involving cartilages all over the body with a variety of clinical manifestations. Early diagnosis of RP is based on full understanding of its clinical features.
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