Chronic atrophic polychondritis. Report of three cases, with ultrastructural study by electron microscopy
Bussière, J.L.; Janin, A.; Peyrot, J.; Amouroux, J.; Trèves, R.; Desproges-Gotteron, R.; Loubet, R.; Leroy, V.; Labrousse, C.
Revue du Rhumatisme et des Maladies Osteo-Articulaires 47(10): 535-543
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-2659 PMID: 7209350 Document Number: 167609
The authors report 3 cases of chronic atrophic polychondritis with clinical signs characteristic of the disease. The 3 patients had deafness of perceptive type, very severe in one case. In one case, the relationship between inflammatory rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis is discussed. The 3 cases include a pathological study under the electron microscope of the cartilage of the ear. Certain ultrastructural peculiarities observed (dense perichondrocyte granules) are compared with the data in the literature.