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Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Relapsing Polychondritis

Jean-Charles Piette, M.D., and Camille Frances, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1995; 332:580March 2, 1995

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Figure 1 The typical characteristics of relapsing polychondritis are shown in three patients: acute auricular chondritis with marked redness, swelling, warmth, and tenderness of the pinna (Panel A); a deformity of the ear that followed recurrent acute attacks (Panel B); and saddle nose, which usually follows repeated, painful nasal chondritis (Panel C).

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Jean-Charles Piette, M.D.
Camille Frances, M.D.
Pitié–Salpêtrière Hospital, 75651 CEDEX 13 Paris, France

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