TABLE 1.
Clinical features of patients with relapsing polychondritis
| Patient | Sex | Age years | Comorbidities | BAC | NC | RTC | SP | OI | AD | Response to corticosteroids | TBM proven |
| 1 | M | 65 | T2DM, hypothyroid, psoriasis | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 2 | F | 70 | Memory loss | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| 3 | F | 50 | T2DM | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 4 | F | 53 | Hypothyroid, fibromyalgia, HTN, Behçet's, obesity | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| 5 | F | 76 | Previous TB, immunodeficiency, HTN, T2DM, OA | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 6 | F | 74 | HTN, angina, AF, T2DM, antiphospholipid antibodies | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| 7 | F | 76 | Emphysema | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| 8 | F | 70 | HTN, obesity, acoustic neuroma, hyperlipidaemia | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| 9 | F | 78 | T2DM, obesity, MI, AF, CKD, dementia, asthma | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 10 | M | 31 | Hypoadrenalism, bronchiectasis | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| 11 | F | 52 | Obesity, COPD, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
| 12 | M | 79 | Myelodysplasia, follicular lymphoma, osteoporosis | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| 13 | M | 78 | T2DM, IHD, CKD, myositis | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
BAC: bilateral auricular chondritis; NC: nasal chondritis; RTC: respiratory tract chondritis; SP: seronegative polyarthritis; OI: ocular inflammation; AD: audiovestibular damage; TBM: tracheobronchomalacia; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension; TB: tuberculosis; OA: osteoarthritis; AF: atrial fibrillation; MI: myocardial infarction; CKD: chronic kidney disease; IHD: ischaemic heart disease.