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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Pfeifer-Weber-Christian disease and successful treatment with mycophenolate mofetil: a case report.

Subash Somalanka, Ini Udo, Hari Nair, Shashidhar Baikunje

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Subash SomalankaSouth West Thames Renal & Transplantation Unit and South West Thames Institute for Renal Research, Saint Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1547-5127
Ini UdoGeneral Medicine, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK.
Hari NairRenal Medicine, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, Denbighshire, UK.
Shashidhar BaikunjeDepartment of General Medicine, Singhealth, Singapore.
Glan Clwyd Hospital · GBPortsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust · GBSingHealth · SGSouth West Thames Institute for Renal Research · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory conditions manifest with a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms. Panniculitis is such a condition affecting the subcutaneous fat and presents as tender erythematous nodules. It is also associated with a systemic response and has been described in the literature as early as in 1892 by Pfeifer and in the 1920s by Weber and Christian. We present an unusual case of a Caucasian man with recurrent febrile illness, systemic inflammatory response and renal dysfunction requiring acute high dependency care. The authors successfully treated him with an antiproliferative agent, mycophenolate mofetil, which resulted in preventing him from having further episodes.

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AgedDiagnosis, DifferentialFeverHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMaleMycophenolic AcidPanniculitis, Nodular NonsuppurativeSyndromeImmunosuppressive AgentsMycophenolic Acidacute renal failuredermatologyimmunologypathology

Identifiers

PMID31122958
PMCPMC6536254
OpenAlexW2945939812

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