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Panniculitis (Weber-Christian Disease?). Presented by Dr. James H. Mitchell and (by invitation) Dr. Heyworth Sanford. G. W., an 8½-month-old child, was admitted to Presbyterian Hospital on April 9, 1951, with the presenting complaints of "skin eruption and intermittent fever of 100 to 102 F." for two and a half months. The first lesions were noted by the parent on the lower abdomen. These were described as being the size of a quarter and gave the skin involved the appearance of light red in the center and purple toward the periphery. Since that time these lesions have appeared on other parts of the body in the following sequence: flank, upper chest, lower back, chin, right thigh, legs, and elbows. The general picture of the patient has become one of lethargy and irritability, with intermittent temperature elevation, as high as 104 F. Various forms of treatment have been employed, which to

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