RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS - A REPORT OF 2 CASES

Relapsing polychondritis is a rare disorder that can give rise to a wi de variety of clinical manifestations. Two cases are reported, in a 52 -year-old man and a 56-year-old woman, both of whom had peripheral joi nt symptoms at presentation and developed laryngotracheal chondritis d espite sulfone therapy. The central nervous system manifestations of r elapsing polychrondritis are severe, often leaving significant sequele a despite therapy (case 1), Ocular involvement is common, but rarely t akes the form of papillitis (case 1), which responds well to treatment . Corticosteroid therapy seems unable to arrest the progression of rel apsing polychondritis (case 1).