Widespread panniculitis has already been described in association with acute pancreatitis (Chiari, 1883; Hansemann, 1889; Jenckel, 1914; Zaaijer, 1935; Scarselli, 1954; Kushner and Szanto, 1958; Cohen, 1959; Swerdlow, Berman, Gibbel, and Valaitis, 1960), with subacute pancreatitis (Blauvelt, 1946; Mayoral, Gompertz, and Young, 1959), and with carcinoma of pancreas (Berner, 1908; Hegler and Wohl...

Sir, Pfeifer–Weber–Christian disease (PWCD), also known as idiopathic relapsing febrile lobular nonsuppurative panniculitis, is a rare inflammatory disorder of subcutaneous adipose tissue.[1] There is no specific test for diagnosis and extensive investigations are required to exclude systemic causes of panniculitis. No uniform effective therapy is available and various drugs have been used in t...

To cite: Terada N, Tanaka T, Fujimoto T, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-212670 DESCRIPTION A 21-year-old Japanese woman developed acute onset of persistent epigastric pain and nausea, and presented to the emergency department 12 h after the onset of symptoms. There was no significant medical history, nor was there allergy, significant...

BACKGROUND In Taiwan, cutaneous lesions with granulomatous lobular panniculitis, with or without vasculitis, are usually diagnosed as erythema induratum (EI), a common form of tuberculid associated with tuberculosis. However, there has been no study to elucidate the extent of this association in Taiwan. The aim of this study was to document the spectrum of the pathologic findings in EI and its ...