A Case of Traumatic Fat Necrosis of the Face in a Child.
- Author:
Sang Hee HAM
;
Seog Jun HA
;
Young Min PARK
;
Sang Hyun CHO
;
Baik Kee CHO
;
Kyoung Mee KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Aged;
Breast;
Cheek;
Child*;
Diagnosis;
Fat Necrosis*;
Female;
Humans
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1998;36(3):551-553
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Traumatic fat necrosis is a localized reaction of panniculus resulting from blunt trauma occurring predominantly on large pendulous breasts in elderly females and on the face in children. The facial lesions in children need no treatment and therapeutic excision is not indicated because a reasonable cosmetic result comes from spontaneous healing in a year or more. The clinicians unfamiliar with this problem may have confusion in diagnosis and management. Herein we report a case of a three-year-old girl who presented with a 3 cm sized erythematous and bullous plaque on her right cheek. The diagnosis of traumatic fat necrosis was made following clinical and pathological findings.
