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Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn
Author(s) -
Mather CPT Mary K.,
Sperling LTC Leonard C.,
Sau COL Purnima
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1997.tb01129.x
Subject(s) - medicine , subcutaneous fat , gestation , necrosis , pregnancy , biopsy , caesarean section , gestational diabetes , skin biopsy , epidermis (zoology) , pathology , anatomy , adipose tissue , biology , genetics
The patient in this study was an 18‐day‐old healthy boy, delivered by caesarean section at 33 weeks gestation, and the product of a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes and preterm labor. At 10 days old, three dermal and subcutaneous nodules were noted on the midline of the back (Fig. 1). The nodules measured 1–3 cm in size; they were firm, mobile, and multilobulated in quality. The overlying epidermis was slightly erythematous, but otherwise appeared normal. A skin biopsy obtained 8 days after the lesions were first noted is shown in Fig. 2(a); necrosis of the fat with giant cell formation and characteristic needle‐shaped clefts within residual fat cells can be seen (Fig. 2b).