Weber-Christian disease presenting with intractable fever and periorbital swelling mimicking angioedema

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1002-1004

  Wang, H P ^a   Huang, C C ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Lin, H Y ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angioedema; Infection; Intractable fever; Lobular panniculitis; Relapsing febrile nodular panniculitis; Weber Christian disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXACILLIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEATH; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PANNICULITIS; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLENOMEGALY; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PANNICULITIS; PANNICULITIS, NODULAR NONSUPPURATIVE; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 34250733595     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0235-0     Document Type: Article

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