Weber-Christian Disease Treated with Steroid Pulse Therapy.
- Author:
Young Hun CHO
1
;
Jun Su PARK
;
Hyoung Sup KIM
;
Kwang Gil LEE
;
Kee Yang CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kychung@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Weber-Christian disease;
Panniculitis
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Panniculitis;
Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative*;
Subcutaneous Fat;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2002;40(12):1557-1560
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
