RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS AND WEBER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE

A patient with classical relapsing polychondritis in whom abdominal pain was a prominent symptom is described. Histological examination of skin and mesentcne biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of Weber-Christian disease (systemic panniculitis) suggested by clinical features. The prognostic and therape...

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Published inRheumatology Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 486 - 489
Main Authors SMITH, CAROLINE R., SAWICKA, E. H., SHEFFIELD, E., RAINER, E. H., HAMILTON, E. B. D.
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LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.12.1988
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Abdominal pain
Panniculitis
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Summary:A patient with classical relapsing polychondritis in whom abdominal pain was a prominent symptom is described. Histological examination of skin and mesentcne biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of Weber-Christian disease (systemic panniculitis) suggested by clinical features. The prognostic and therapeutic implications of this unusual disease association are discussed.
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ArticleID:27.6.486
1Current address of Dr. Sawicka is Brompton Hospital, London.
ISSN:1462-0324
1462-0332
DOI:10.1093/rheumatology/27.6.486