A Case of Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis of the Newborn.
- Author:
Hong Shin JEON
;
Myung Ik LEE
;
Don Hee AHN
;
Hee Jun YOO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adipocytes;
Asphyxia;
Fat Necrosis;
Female;
Giant Cells, Foreign-Body;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn*;
Necrosis*;
Needles;
Parturition;
Skin;
Skin Manifestations;
Subcutaneous Fat*
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1994;37(3):405-409
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
