All issues > Volume 34(8); 1991

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1991;34(8):1157-1162. Published online August 31, 1991.

A case of Weber-Christian disease.

Doo Kweon Kim¹, Sang Jo Park¹, Tae Gyu Whang¹, Soon Yong Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Paik Hospital, Pusan, Korea

Received: November 20, 1990;  Accepted: March 14, 1991.

Abstract

Weber-Christian disease is a relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative inflammation of the subcuta- neous fat tissue. We experianced a case of Weber-Christian disease. The patient was a 10-year-old girl with the complaints of fever, malaise and erythematous painful nodules on extremities, trunk and back. The diagnosis was based on the clinical pictures and the histologic findings. Oral prednisolone therapy was tried and the response occurred promptly. A brief review of related literatures was made.

Keywords :Weber-Christian disease;Panniculitis