Subcutaneous fat necrosis in neonate: a case report and literature review

  • ZHOU Xiaoguang ,
  • WANG Beibei ,
  • ZHOU Xiaoyu
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  • Nanjing Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, China

Received date: 2014-11-15

  Online published: 2014-11-15

Abstract

Objective To investigate diagnostic methods and treatment of subcutaneous fat necrosis in neonate (ScFN). Methods The clinical data of a case with ScFN was reported and the etiology, pathogenesis, and differential diagnosis were reviewed. Results The case was a 2 days female newborn delivered via cesarean section at full-term, and she came to hospital because of indurated nodules and plaques in the back and shoulders. Anti-infection treatment after admission was not effective. On the 10th day in hospital, the back lesions appear as soft and fluctuant and then diagnosed as ScFN by biopsy which showed a small amount of inflammatory cell infiltration and fatty degeneration. The patient was followed up with good prognosis. Conclusions ScFN is a benign self-limiting fat disease, mostly occurred in the first four weeks of full-term newborns with history of abnormal childbirth.

Cite this article

ZHOU Xiaoguang , WANG Beibei , ZHOU Xiaoyu . Subcutaneous fat necrosis in neonate: a case report and literature review[J]. Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, 2014 , 32(11) : 1048 . DOI: 10.3969 j.issn.1000-3606.2014.11.012

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