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FLEMING B. HARPER, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1966;93(2):327-330.

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RELAPSING, febrile, nodular, nonsuppurative panniculitis is the long descriptive name for the illness better known as Weber-Christian disease. The first report of this disease was published by Pfeifer (1892).¹ Twenty-four years later Gilchrist and Ketron² (1916) reported the second. The name "relapsing, nonsuppurative, nodular, panniculitis" was given to the disease by Weber (1925).³ Christian⁴ (1928) added the adjective "febrile" to this descriptive phrase.

Many reports now supplement these early ones. In 1949 Bendel⁵ described a personal case and wrote the most comprehensive review of the 43 cases then published. Articles by Blumen feld,⁶ and Hauge and Christiansen⁷ suggest that there were approximately 55 cases recorded by 1954. Additional case reports have appeared subsequently.

Between 1951 and 1965, nine patients were admitted to Barnes Hospital with symptoms caused by this disease. Diagnosis in these patients was confirmed by biopsy. These cases are summarized below . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ST. LOUIS

From the Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 22, 1966.

Reprint requests to 52 Maryland Plaza, St. Louis, Mo 63108 (Dr. Harper).

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