title: [The so-called spontaneous nodular panniculitis (Weber-Christian lipodystrophy)].
abstract: Enlarged lymph nodes and a tumor, the size of a man's fist, were found in the abdomen of a female patient of 63. Histologic diagnosis determined a non-suppurative panniculitis with typical proliferation of foam cells and reactive inflammatory infiltration attaining the stage of granulomatosis. The disease is seen as granulomatous histiocytosis; a sure explanation of its pathogenesis is not yet possible.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
vernacular_title: Sogenannte spontane herdförmige Pannikulitis (Weber-Christiansche Lipodystrophie)