Weber-Christian Disease: Multimedia

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Keywords

Weber-Christian disease, idiopathic lobular panniculitis, relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis, nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis, Pfeifer-Weber-Christian syndrome, lupus panniculitis, factitial panniculitis, pancreatic disease, histiocytic cytophagic panniculitis, skin inflammation, skin rash, skin lesions, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, treatment, diagnosis

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Moise L Levy, MD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine; Chief, Department of Dermatology, Texas Children's Hospital
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