- Uncommmon auto-immune d/o affecting cartilage
- Subacute inflammation of cartilage of the ear (can wax and wane)
- Can also affect nose → stuffiness, epistaxis, d/c
- Trachea → stridor/sob, cough, wheezing
- Eyes, joints, kidneys, other
- Saddle-nose from cartilage collapse
- Ear pain and swelling (spares lobe)
- Joint pain and swelling
- Hearing loss (sensorineural)