TREATMENT OF A CASE OF RELAPSING PANNICULITIS WITH CORTISONE AND ACTH
Authors: S CROSBIE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Case Reports1 September 1955TREATMENT OF A CASE OF RELAPSING PANNICULITIS WITH CORTISONE AND ACTHSTANLEY CROSBIE, M.D.STANLEY CROSBIE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-3-622 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough the clinical-pathologic features of this syndrome are said to have been described by Flemming in 1872 and by Pfeiffer in 1892, the disease takes its proper name from Weber,1 who published his paper in 1925, and from Christian,2 whose paper in 1928 added the word "febrile" to its descriptive title. The first case reported in this country was by Gilchrist and Ketron14 in 1916 under the title, "A Unique Case of Atrophy of the Fatty Layer of the Skin Preceded by the Ingestion of the Fat by Large Phagocytic Cells— Macrophages."Shuman3reviewed the literature in his paper published...Bibliography1. Weber FP: A case of relapsing non-suppurative nodular panniculitis showing phagocytoses of subcutaneous fat cells by macrophages, Brit J. Dermat. 37: 301-311, 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Christian HA: Relapsing, febrile, nodular, non-suppurative panniculitis, Arch. Int. Med. 42: 338-351, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Shuman CR: Relapsing panniculitis (Weber-Christian disease), Arch. Int. Med. 87: 669-681, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Friedenberg R: Weber-Christian disease. A report of two cases, Ann. Int. Med. 38: 528-532, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar5. DoernerNaegeleReganCameron AACFFDGF: The development of tuberculous meningitis following cortisone therapy, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 64: 564-571, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Binkley JS: Relapsing, febrile, nodular, non-suppurative panniculitis, report of a case, J. A. M. A. 113: 113-116, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. TildenGotshalkAvakian ILHCEV: Relapsing, febrile, non-suppurative panniculitis, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 41: 681-689, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Bailey RJ: Relapsing, febrile, nodular, non-suppurative panniculitis (Weber-Christian disease), J. A. M. A. 109: 1419-1425, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Brudno JC: Chronic, febrile, nodular, non-suppurative panniculitis (Weber-Christian disease). Relation to rheumatic fever and allied diseases, J. A. M. A. 243: 513-517, 1950. Google Scholar10. SpainFoley DMJM: Non-suppurative, nodular panniculitis (Weber-Christian disease), Am. J. Path. 20: 783-787, 1944. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. Duran-Reynals F: Necrotizing disease in rabbits affecting fatty and muscular tissues: analogies with Weber-Christian disease in humans, Yale J. Biol. and Med. 18: 583-594, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. Bendel WL: Relapsing, febrile, nodular panniculitis (Weber-Christian disease), Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 60: 570-596, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. JohnsonPlice WASG: Relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis: report of case with review of literature, Arch. Path. 48: 281-286, 1949. Google Scholar14. GilchristKetron TCLW: A unique case of atrophy of the fatty layer of the skin preceded by the ingestion of the fat by large phagocytic cells—macrophages, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 27: 291, 1916. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Grand Junction, Colorado*Received for publication August 2, 1954. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByWeber-Christian disease with facial involvementReview : Weber-Christian DiseaseA case of Weber-Christian disease with roentgenographically demonstrable mammary calcificationsNodular Nonsuppurative Panniculitis (Weber-Christian Syndrome) with Relapsing Uveitis*RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TWELFTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IICHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 September 1955Volume 43, Issue 3Page: 622-631KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic hormoneAntigensArthralgiaAtrophyFatsIngestionMigraineNauseaNecrosisPhagocytosis Issue Published: 1 September 1955 PDF DownloadLoading ...