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A case report of hidden pancreatitis with severe polyarthritis and necrosis of subcutaneous fat is presented. A brief review of this syndrome in the literature is also given.
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Waterlot, Y., Peretz, A. & Cauchie, P. Febrile polyarthritis and cutaneous nodules. An unusual presentation of a pancreatitis. Clin Rheumatol 3, 521–523 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02031275
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