[Ulcerative colitis associated with chronic atrophic polychondritis. One case (author's transl)].

A male patient has developed ulcerative colitis at the age of 70. Signs of chronic atrophic polychondritis appeared 9 months after the first attack. Subsequently, during the course of the disease each attack of ulcerative colitis was preceded by an exacerbation of polychondritis, which suggests a causal relationship rather than a chance association between the two conditions. The clinical response of polychondritis to sulfones in daily doses of 200 mg was satisfactory, but this dosage, which at present seems appropriate requires to be confirmed by further observations.