Subcutaneous fat necrosis in an infant, occurring after hypothermic cardiac surgery

Silverman, Alan K.; Michels, Elizabeth H.; Rasmussen, James E.

doi:10.1016/s0190-9622(86)70171-0

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“…1,5 Although the exact cause of SCFN is unknown, maternal and perinatal factors have been implicated, including maternal diabetes and pre-eclampsia, birth asphyxia and hypoxia, hypothermia and hypoglycemia. 4,7,8 Generally, infants present with erythematous, indurated plaques most commonly on the cheeks, buttocks, posterior trunk and extremities.…”

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“…4 Radially arranged needle-shaped clefts are present in lipocytes, but are not essential for the diagnosis. 4,5,7 SCFN is usually self-limited and resolves within a few weeks to months without scarring. 5,7 However, rare systemic complications including thrombocytopenia, hypoglycemia, hypertriglceridemia and hypercalcemia can occur.…”

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“…4,5,7 SCFN is usually self-limited and resolves within a few weeks to months without scarring. 5,7 However, rare systemic complications including thrombocytopenia, hypoglycemia, hypertriglceridemia and hypercalcemia can occur. Thrombocytopenia, hypoglycemia and hypertriglyceridemia are usually transient and resolve spontaneously or with minimal treatment.…”

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“…Lesions of cold panniculitis tend to be reproducible with repeated exposure in susceptible infants and usually appear within 48-72 h. 5,12 In biopsy specimens, inflammatory cells are usually found at the dermal/subcutaneous junction. 4,14 Serial histopathologic studies illustrate the inflammatory reaction intensifies over 48-72 h with resolution over 2 weeks.…”

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Subcutaneous fat necrosis in a newborn following icebag application for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia

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Cases of subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn (SCFN) and neonatal cold panniculitis have been reported most often secondary to perinatal distress or hypothermia. We present a case of a newborn infant who developed erythematous, indurated plaques on both cheeks and right shoulder following ice pack application for supraventricular tachycardia. The distinction between SCFN and cold panniculitis is important as SCFN may have complications such as hypercalcemia, whereas cold panniculitis is not associated with such sequelae. Clinicians should be aware of the diagnostic similarities and differences between these two conditions because of differences in potential serious sequelae.

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“…However, in most of our cases with granulomatous formations that were associated with fat necrosis, infection did not occur. Fat necrosis has been reported in many different surgical procedures, such as reduction mammoplasty, mastectomy and post reconstructive procedures and others [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. It was also shown that some over-obese animals are predisposed to fat necrosis without trauma and surgical inductions [36,37].…”

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