Korean J Dermatol.
2002 Dec;40(12):1557-1560.
Weber-Christian Disease Treated with Steroid Pulse Therapy
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kychung@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Abstract
- Weber-Christian disease is an inflammatory disease of subcutaneous fat tissue which is characterized by relapsing, febrile tender nodules and histologically lobular panniculitis. Many cases originally considered as examples of Weber-Christian disease were later found to be other diseases when lobular panniculitis was reclassified, and some authors believe that Weber-Christian disease should no longer be considered as a distinctive entity. However, there are still occasional cases which cannot be diagnosed as other specific diseases but have the characteristic manifestations of Weber-Christian disease, and they attest to the fact that Weber-Christian disease could be a distinctive disease entity. We report here a case of Weber-Christian disease in a 22-year-old female who was treated successfully with steroid pulse therapy.
