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Panniculitis with crystals induced by etanercept subcutaneous injection
Author(s) -
LlamasVelasco Mar,
Requena Luis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/cup.12478
Subject(s) - panniculitis , medicine , pathology , etanercept , subcutaneous tissue , subcutaneous fat , subcutaneous injection , dermatology , adipose tissue , immunology , tumor necrosis factor alpha
Panniculitis with lipid crystallization within adipocytes may be seen in several disorders, including crystal‐storing histiocytosis, gouty panniculitis, subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn, post‐steroid panniculitis, sclerema neonatorum, oxalosis and subcutaneous fungal infections by mucormycosis, zygomycosis or aspergillosis. Panniculitis at the sites of subcutaneous injection of drugs are frequent, but to our knowledge no crystals have been described in the drug‐induced panniculitis at the sites of subcutaneous injections. We report on a patient who developed a panniculitis with lipid crystallization at the site of etanercept injection.