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Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis in Pancreatitis
Author(s) -
CAN JOE R.,
PI?HA JAN V.,
EVERETT MARK ALLEN
Publication year - 1979
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/j.1600-0560.1979.tb01178.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fat necrosis , necrosis , pancreatitis , pathology , respiratory distress , autopsy , pericarditis , pleural effusion , acute pancreatitis , gastroenterology , surgery
A case of subcutaneous fat necrosis as the initial manifestation of an attack of acute pancreatitis is presented. The accompanying features of respiratory distress syndrome, leukemoid reaction, shock, pleural effusions, and arthritis due to necrosis of periarticular far are described. Autopsy findings are pancreatic pseudocyst, serofibrinous peritonitis, pleuritis, and pericarditis and fat necrosis not only in the subcutaneous fat but also in the pericardial, pleural, mediastinal, mesenteric, retroperitoneal, and pericalyceal fat.