CASE REPORT

Relapsing Polychondritis with Central Nervous System Involvement at Onset: A Case Report

Hernandez Pineda.1 Axel Hiram.1 Cruz Argüelles Carlos Antonio.2 García Rivera Alejandro.2 Gomez Limon Livier.2 

• .1Resident of internal medicine in General Hospital No. 46 of the Mexican Social Security Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco 
• .2Department of Internal Medicine in General Hospital No. 46 of the Mexican Social Security Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Corresponding Author: Hernandez Pineda, Axel Hiram. Resident of internal medicine in General Hospital No. 46 of the Mexican Social Security Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. E-mail: [email protected] 

Received: February 15, 2023                                     Published: February 25, 2023 

Citation: Axel H. Relapsing Polychondritis with Central Nervous System Involvement at Onset: A Case Report. Int J Complement Intern Med. 2023;4(1):138–142. DOI: 10. 58349/IJCIM. 1. 4. 2023. 00120 

Copyright: ©2023 Hiram. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially.

Abstract 

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by the inflammation of cartilaginous tissues, particularly ears, nose, respiratory tract, eyes, and joints. Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement is a rare presentation of RP. We report a case of RP in a 44-year-old male who initially presented as seizures, headache, bilateral red eye, fever and disorientation in time and space. 

Keywords: Relapsing polychondritis, cerebrospinal fluid, meningoencephalitis, seizures

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