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Oh, Kang, Kim, Kye, and Kim: A Case of Subcutaneous fat Necrosis Associated with Pancreatitis
Case Report

Annals of Dermatology 1996; 8(1): 38-42.

Published online: 28 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5021/ad.1996.8.1.38

A Case of Subcutaneous fat Necrosis Associated with Pancreatitis

Yong Sub Oh, Byung Duk Kang, Il Hwan Kim, Young Chul Kye, Soo Nam Kim

Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology

Abstract

We report a case of subcutaneous fat necrosis associated with pancreatitis that may be the first case in Korean hterature as for we know. The patient was a 41-year-old man wbo presented erythema nodesum-like erythematous subcufaneous nodules on both lower extremities.
Histopathologic findings showed subcutaneoms focal fat necrosis and ghoat-like cells. Granular basophilic material was deposited in and around the necrotic fat cells and stained positively with von Kossa stain.
The lesioas subsided gradwdly without any specific treatment, as the underlying pancreatitis was ameliorated.

Keywords: Subcutaneous fat necrosis, Pancreatitis

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