Idiopathic lobular panniculitis with specific pleural involvement.
A 19 year old man presented with fever and left pleural effusion. Biopsy of a subcutaneous nodule and bone marrow led to the diagnosis of idiopathic lobular panniculitis (Weber-Christian disease). Thoracoscopically guided biopsy of the visceral pleura also revealed panniculitis change in the pleural adipose tissue.
Kumagai-Kurata
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Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Yokohama Municiple Citizen's Hospital, Japan.
Kunitoh
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Nagamine-Nishizawa
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Watanbe
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Nakamura
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D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013906:Thoracoscopy
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine; D011239:Prednisolone