Year: 2023 | Month: December | Volume: 13 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 259-262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20231231
Relapsing Polychondritis Presenting with Cauliflower Ears and Saddle Nose Deformity in a Patient of Syphilis Incognito: Two Rare Diseases in One Patient
Kaul Neenu1, Kumari Neeti2
1Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun,Uttrakhand India.
2Professor Department of Dermatology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun,Uttrakhand India.
Corresponding Author: Dr Neenu kaul
ABSTRACT
Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) is a rare immune-mediated systemic disease. The etiology of RP is unknown but both infective and non-infective causes have been suggested to play a role in causation. It manifests as recurrent episodes of pain, redness and swelling of the cartilaginous parts of body commonly involving the auricular and nasal cartilage.
Key words: Relapsing Polychondritis, chondritis, saddle nose, syphilis, prednisolone.