GLUCOCORTICOID-UNRESPONSIVE FEVER IN A PATIENT WITH WEBER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE |
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| Authors: | H Akama MD H Tanaka MD T Yoshida MD H Kameda MD S Kawai MD |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Abstract: | SUMMARY Weber-Christian disease, a disease of unknown aetiology, is characterised by relapsing febrile episodes and systemic panniculitis. Glucocorticoid therapy is often useful during acute phases of the disease. This report describes a patient in whom hyperpyrexia did not respond to high-dose glucocorticoid treatment, yet did respond to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). |
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