A Case of Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis of the Newborn
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
;
: 405-409, 1994.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
A 7 day old female baby suffered from perinatal asphyxia and trauma at birth. Subsequently, she had a violeceous subcutaneous plaque on back. The clinical setting, the skin manifestation and the histologic findings of the lesion were diagnostic of subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn. Histologic findings revealed fat necrosis with infiltration of inflammatory cells, foreign body giant cells and several fat cells contain needle shaped cleft in radial arrangement. Four weeks latter, the skin lesion was healed spontaneously.
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Main subject:
Asphyxia
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Skin
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Skin Manifestations
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Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
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Adipocytes
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Parturition
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Subcutaneous Fat
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Fat Necrosis
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Necrosis
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Needles
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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