Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2002 , Vol 48 , Num 4

Tekrarlayan Polikondrit: Bir Olgu Sunumu

Erkan Kozanoğlu 1 ,Kamil Göncü 2 ,Fikret Çetik 3
1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
2 Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Adana
3 Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kulak-Burun-Boğaz Anabilim Dalı, Adana

Relapsing polychondritis is a rare, inflammatory, chronic disorder that mainly involves cartilaginous tissues such as ears, nose, tracheabronchial tree and peripheral joints. Systemic involvement and vasculitis are also major problems. The syndrome can be life-threatening. Because of the absence of spesific tests for this syndrome, relapsing polychondritis must be diagnosed on clinical grounds. We described a patient with relapsing polychondritis who had also sacroiliitis and reviewed the literature.

Keywords : Relapsing polychondritis