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Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis: Report of two cases

Author(s) -

Feroze Kaliyadan,

Jayasree Manoj,

Manoj Unni,

AD Dharmaratnam

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.82487

Subject(s) - medicine , pancytopenia , panniculitis , organomegaly , histiocyte , malaise , pathology , dermatology , histiocytosis , disease , bone marrow , surgery

Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis (CHP) was first described in 1980 by Winkelmann as a chronic histiocytic disease of the subcutaneous adipose tissue, which is characterized clinically by tender erythematous nodules, recurrent high fever, malaise, jaundice, organomegaly, serosal effusions, pancytopenia, hepatic dysfunction, and coagulatory abnormalities. CHP may occur either isolated or as part of cutaneous manifestations of hemophagocytic syndrome. Here, we report two different presentations of CHP.

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