TY - JOUR T1 - Treatment of Relapsing Polychondritis with Tocilizumab JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1232 LP - 1232 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.130371 VL - 40 IS - 7 AU - DANIEL WENDLING AU - MARIE GODFRIN-VALNET AU - CLÉMENT PRATI Y1 - 2013/07/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/40/7/1232.1.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We read with interest the letter from Wallace and Stone1 describing a patient with relapsing polychondritis (RP) refractory to corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers. The patient’s biological inflammation and clinical symptoms of chondritis responded well after each tocilizumab (TCZ) infusion. We describe a somewhat different experience of TCZ efficacy in a patient with RP.A 46-year-old woman was diagnosed with RP in 2000 with recurrent episodes of chondritis and mainly synovitis and tenosynovitis. After failure … Address correspondence to Dr. Wendling; E-mail: dwendling{at}chu-besancon.fr ER -