RT Journal
T1 CUrrent comment
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD August 13
VO 140
IS 15
SP 1220
OP 1220
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02900500028012
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900500028012
AB NODULAR PANNICULITIS—WEBER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE 
    Weber-Christian's disease, or nonsuppurative nodular panniculitis, is characterized by recurring episodes of fever and the development of numerous painful and slightly tender subcutaneous nodules. In only 3 of 33 recorded cases was death apparently due to the disease. In the case reported by Kritzler,1 in which necropsy was done, the nodular lesions were limited to the subcutaneous fat. However, fat emboli were found in the lungs and there was widespread acute necrosis of the liver and spleen. In the case examined at necropsy by Spain and Foley,2 necrotic areas were found not only in the subcutaneous fat but in the mesenteric, omental and pretracheal fat. Fat emboli were not found in the lungs, nor were areas of necrosis observed in the liver or spleen. However, foci of fat necrosis were present in the region of the pancreas. A third case investigated at necropsy was that