Table I.

Three sets of diagnostic criteria for relapsing polychondritis

	McAdam et al. (1976)	Damiani et al. (1979)	Michet et al. (1986)
Symptoms	Bilateral auricular chondritis Nasal chondritis Respiratory tract chondritis Non-erosive seronegative polyarthritis Ocular inflammation Audiovestibular damage	A criteria: Bilateral auricular chondritis Nasal cartilage inflammation Respiratory tract chondritis Non-erosive seronegative polyarthritis Ocular inflammation Audiovestibular damage	A criteria: Auricular cartilage inflammation Nasal cartilage inflammation Laryngotracheal cartilage inflammation
			B criteria: Seronegative arthritis Ocular inflammation Hearing loss Vestibular dysfunction
		B criterion: Histological confirmation
		C criterion: Positive response to corticosteroids or dapsone
Required criteria	≥ 3	≥ 3 (A) or ≥ 1 (A) and (B) or ≥ 2 (A) criteria and (C)	≥ 2 (A) or ≥ 1 (A) and 2 (B)