Panniculitis in a HIV(+) pregnant woman

We report a case of Weber-Christian disease in a HIV(+) pregnant woman, wit h histopathologically confirmed panniculitis. Relapsing febrile nonsuppurat ive nodular panniculitis was the only abnormality found in the patient. The re was spontaneous remission of the symptoms during the second term of the pregnancy. The mutual influence of HIV infection, pregnancy and presented d isorder remains unclear. We postulated that Weber-Christian disease may be manifestation of immunological phenomenon in early HIV disease in the pregn ant woman. This is, to our knowledge, the first case of panniculitis in HIV (+) pregnant woman.