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Relapsing polychondritis and Weber-Christian disease
C R Smith1, E H Sawicka, E Sheffield
1Department of Rheumatology, King's College Hospital, London.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
A patient with classical relapsing polychondritis in whom abdominal pain was a prominent symptom is described. Histological examination of skin and mesenteric biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of Weber-Christian disease (systemic panniculitis) suggested by clinical features. The prognostic and therapeutic implications of this unusual disease association are discussed.