Ewha Med J.
1996 Mar;19(1):73-78. 10.12771/emj.1996.19.1.73.
A Case of Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis of the Newborn
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
- 2Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
- KMID: 2052725
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1996.19.1.73
Abstract
- Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn is a spontaneously regressing disorder of healthy fullterm of postterm infants, characterized by symmetric, firm, erythematous to violaceous sub-cutaneous nodules and plaques. Histopathologically, subcutaneous fat necrosis with granu-lomatous panniculitis and needle-shaped clefts in the cytoplasm of foamy and multinucleated histiocytic giant cells are diagnostic. We report an uncomplicated case of subcutaneous fat necrosis in a 21-day-old, normally delivered male infant, which developed on the fourth day of life and spontaneously regressed in 4 months.
