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cord-279215-qwk0jkqm	Delmage, D. A.	Auricular chondritis in a cat	2008-06-28		.txt	text/plain	1910	132	61	In humans, histologically similar lesions may involve the pinnae, nose, trachea, joints, eyes and heart, and the disease is termed relapsing polychondritis. A four-year-old male neutered domestic shorthaired cat was presented with thickening and intense erythema of the inner surfaces of both pinnae; the ear flap edges were thickened, slightly curled, distorted and painful (Fig 1) . The case described here is interesting because it is similar to that described by Bunge and others (1992) ; both cats had evidence of ocular and cardiac changes in addition to the pinna! Although the disease in cats has been designated relapsing polychondritis, the authors prefer the description of auricular chondritis in their patient, since they have no evidence of involvement of other cartilaginous tissues, nor does the benign clinical course in this case warrant the use of the qualifier 'relapsing'.	./cache/cord-279215-qwk0jkqm.txt	./txt/cord-279215-qwk0jkqm.txt