The most frequent complications are wound infection, hematoma,
chondritis, malposition of the ear and recurrence of the abnormality (12-15).
sup][40] The other major postirradiation complications including hypopigmentation, delayed wound healing, chronic swelling,
chondritis, dermatitis, and skin ulceration were believed to be infrequent.
There were histopathologic diagnoses of airway
chondritis that were giving symptoms only through LT S in all of our cases.
However, he fulfilled the modified McAdam's criteria for RP [4, 5], which required more than one of six symptoms plus histological confirmation or
chondritis at two or more separate anatomic locations that is responsive to corticosteroids and/or dapsone.
40), the otorhinolaryngological findings were reported to include septum perforation, saddle nose, auricular
chondritis, subglottic stenosis, coarse voice and stridor.
Failure of healing: Chronically infected tissue--granulations, osteitis,
chondritis, devitalized tissue--myringitis, sequestra, avascular scar tissue.
Bilateral auricular
chondritis Nonerosive inflammatory polyarthritis Nasal
chondritis Ocular inflammation (conjunctivitis, scleritis, uveitis) Respiratory tract
chondritis (laryngeal and tracheal cartilages) Vestibulocochlear dysfunction (hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo)
Larangeal
chondritis | This condition is an acute obstructive disease of the upper respiratory tract, caused by a chronic pus producing lesion in the larynx.
Eu|Sm) N are given for the normalized values of these lanthanides for coaly
chondritis - C1 [7].
aureus 2 Enteroccoccus faecalis 2 MR Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 Pneumonia 4(3) Streptococcus pneumoniae 1 Negative cultures 3 Corneal Abscess 3 (2) MR-Pseudomonas aeruginosa 3
Chondritis 2 (1.
A 29-year-old African-American female initially presented during a pregnancy with scleritis, nasal and aural
chondritis, inflammatory arthritis, and axonal neuropathy.
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a disease which progresses with inflammatory attacks on articular and non-articular cartilaginous tissue and is most commonly encountered as auricular
chondritis.
