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Post‐steroid panniculitis in an adult
Author(s) -
KIM Sang Tae,
KIM Tae Kwon,
LEE Jin Woo,
ROH Hyo Jin,
CHOI Soo Young,
JEON Young Seung,
SUH Kee Suck
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00570.x
Subject(s) - panniculitis , medicine , exacerbation , giant cell , nodule (geology) , steroid , corticosteroid , pathology , surgery , hormone , biology , paleontology
Post‐steroid panniculitis is known to be very rare and most of the reported cases have been in children after corticosteroid therapy. We present a case of post‐steroid panniculitis occurring in a 60‐year‐old man after massive, long‐term administration of corticosteroids for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Histopathological examination of a nodule revealed a patchy area of fat necrosis, several multinucleated giant cells containing needle‐shaped clefts. The lesions subsided completely in approximately 12 weeks without any treatment. We suggest that post‐steroid panniculitis is not confined to childhood but also occurs in adulthood.