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Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis of the Newborn and Lactic Acidosis
Author(s) -
ISAIAH JOEL H.,
CHAN ALICIA K. J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00474.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lactic acidosis , nephrocalcinosis , hypoglycemia , complication , hypertriglyceridemia , subcutaneous fat , acidosis , necrosis , surgery , metabolic acidosis , adipose tissue , insulin , kidney , triglyceride , cholesterol
Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn (SFN) is an uncommon, self‐limited condition of neonates and infants. However, hypercalcemia may be a potentially life‐threatening complication of the otherwise self‐healing process. Rare complications such as thrombocytopenia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypoglycemia, calcium deposits in the liver, inferior vena cava, atrial septum of the heart, and nephrocalcinosis have been reported. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a patient in whom lactic acidosis was encountered in an infant along with the other known complications of SFN.