Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) is a rare inflammatory connective tissue disease of unknown etiology. It is characterized by episodic and progressiveinflammation of cartilage tissue, especially ear, nose and tracheobronchial tree. We report the case of 58 year old Chilean female patient, who consultedfor redness and pain in the right ear, with similar previous episodes in both ears and nose; along with symmetric polyarthritis study it is presented.Physical examination highlighted erythema, edema and local pain in ear, respecting lobe. With normal complementary examinations and presence ofthree diagnostic criteria of McAdam y col. relapsing polychondritis diagnosed, initiating oral prednisone, with favorable response. Despite being a raredisease, it is important to consider in recurrent cases of erythema and local pain in cartilaginous regions, mainly in ear and nose, so to achieve earlydiagnosis, to suppress the crisis and improve the prognosis of these patients.
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机译：复发性软骨炎（RP）是一种病因不明的罕见炎症性结缔组织病。其特征是软骨组织，尤其是耳，鼻和气管支气管树的发作性和进行性炎症。我们报告了58岁的智利女性患者的情况，该患者就右耳发红和疼痛进行了咨询，以前在耳和鼻中都有类似的发作。体格检查突出耳部红斑，水肿和局部疼痛，并尊重肺叶。通过正常的补充检查和McAdam y col的三个诊断标准的存在。诊断为复发性多发性软骨炎，开始口服泼尼松治疗，反应良好。尽管是一种罕见病，但重要的是要在复发病例的软骨区域（主要在耳和鼻子）出现红斑和局部疼痛，以实现早期诊断，抑制危机并改善这些患者的预后。
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