Relapsing Polychondritis

Abstract

A 42-year-old non smoker woman admitted to hospital for a worsening dyspnea, a dry cough without fever or chills. Two years earlier,
she was diagnosed as bronchial asthma and required multiple emergency visits. Her physical examination revealed an inspiratory
stridor with wheezing on auscultation. Her nose and ears were inflamed with tenderness on palpation without any deformation. The
spirometry test demonstrated an obstructive pattern not reversible after bronchodilator administration and a plateau in expiratory flow.