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Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Relapsing Polychondritis ... dysphagia Relapsing polychondritis ... #Relapsing #Polychondritis
Differential Diagnosis for Saddle Nose Deformities

Infectious: Syphilis, Leprosy, TB, Cutaneous Leishmaniosis, Septal abscess
Inflammatory: GCA (formerly Wegner’s),
Sarcoidosis, Relapsing polychondritis
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
IBD, Relapsing polychondritis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
RA, Relapsing polychondritis ... lobe - Relapsing polychondritis ... fever, Relapsing polychondritis
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
• Relapsing polychondcitis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
erythematosus • Relapsing polychondritis
Rheumatologic Review of Systems (ROS): 
•	Fevers
•	Rashes/photosensitivity
•	Alopecia
•	Nail/nailfold abnormalities
•	Sicca symptoms
•	Conjunctivitis
•	Uveitis
•	Episcleritis
•	Scleritis
•	Raynaud's
•	Oral/genital ulcers
•	Polychondritis
•	Enthesitis
•	Serositis sx
•	Thomboses
•	Neuropathy
•	Pregnancy loss.

#Rheumatologic #rheumatology #ROS #ReviewOfSystems #diagnosis #history
genital ulcers • Polychondritis
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Syndrome, Relapsing polychondritis
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
tracheitis, Relapsing polychondritis
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Syndrome, Relapsing Polychondritis