Acute pancreatitis in a case of Werner's syndrome with severe hyperlipidaemia.

A patient with Werner's syndrome and acute pancreatitis due to severe hyperlipidaemia is reported. Special attention is paid to early recognition of the syndrome and the prevention of complications of the several metabolic disorders that occur in this syndrome.

Localized chronic pemphigoid. Report of a case, review of the literature and discussion of the relationship with cicatricial pemphigoid.

A case of a chronic remittant blistering eruption on the left temple in a 62-year-old woman is described. Only after repeated biopsies did direct immunofluorescence (DIF) studies reveal a linear staining of the epidermal basement membrane with anti-IgG, C1q, C4, C3 and C5. In addition, heavy deposits of fibrin were observed. The importance of repeated DIF examination in initially negative cases has been stressed. Localized chronic pemphigoid should be considered as a distinct subform of the pemphigoid syndrome.