{"id":2527,"date":"2009-03-05T12:02:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T12:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/reurp\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:10:54","slug":"reurp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/reurp\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnostic Criteria for Relapsing Polychondritis (RP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare multisystem autoimmune disease of unknown origin characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation and progressive destruction of cartilaginous tissues.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Diagnostic Criteria for Relapsing Polychondritis (RP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Three or more clinical signs must be present:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Recurrent chondritis both auricles<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Non-erosive inflammatory polyarthritis<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Nasal chondritis<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Ocular inflammation<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Respiratory tract chondritis<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Cochlear and, or, vestibular dysfunction<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">OR 1 or more signs with histologic confirmation<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">OR Chondritis in 2 or more separate sites AND response to steroids or immunosuppression<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Differential diagnosis for these individual symptoms and signs includes most of the autoimmune disorders and other infectious and non-infectious granulomatous disorders including Wegener&#8217;s granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), Takayasu&#8217;s arteritis, giant cell arteritis (GCA), rheumatoid arthritis, Reiter&#8217;s syndrome, rheumatic fever, polymorphic reticulosis, syphilis, tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, leprosy, sarcoidosis, and malignancy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Gergely P Jr, Poor G. 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