Cold Panniculitis - 09/08/11
, Lucía Campos-Muñoz, MD, Rosa M. Díaz-Díaz, MD, Mariano Casado-Jiménez, MDAbstract |
Cold panniculitis has been described in children and young women following cold exposure. Histopathologically, cold panniculitis shows a mostly lobular panniculitis, which consists of an infiltrate of lymphocytes and histiocytes in the fat lobules. Usually, the dermis shows a superficial and deep perivascular infiltrate mostly composed of lymphocytes, with no vasculitis. Inflammation is most intense at the dermal-subcutaneous junction. Differential diagnosis of cold panniculitis should be established with subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn, sclerema neonatorum, poststeroid panniculitis, chilblains, and frostbites.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Keywords : Cold panniculitis, Equestrian panniculitis, Popsicle panniculitis
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Vol 26 - N° 4
P. 485-489 - ottobre 2008 Ritorno al numeroBenvenuto su EM|consulte, il riferimento dei professionisti della salute.
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