Relapsing Polychondritis

Table 1

Diagnostic criteria for RP.

McAdam et al. [3]	(1) Recurrent chondritis of both auricles; (2) Nonerosive inflammatory polyarthritis; (3) Chondritis of nasal cartilages; (4) Inflammation of ocular structures; (5) Chondritis of respiratory tract; (6) Cochlear and/or vestibular damage; (requirement—three out of six criteria)
Damiani and Levine [4]	(1) Three out of six McAdam et al.’s [3] criteria; (2) One out of six McAdam et al.’s [3] criteria and a positive histologic confirmation; (3) Two out of six McAdam et al.’s criteria and response to corticosteroid or dapsone; (requirement—any of these)
Michet et al. [5]	(1) Proven inflammation in two out of three cartilages: auricular, nasal, and laryngotracheal; (2) Proven inflammation in one of the above and meeting two other signs from ocular inflammation, hearing loss, vestibular dysfunction, or seronegative inflammatory arthritis; (requirement—any of these)