title: Relapsing polychondritis and Weber-Christian disease.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, King's College Hospital, London.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Sawicka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sheffield
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Rainer
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000209:etiology*