Sclerema neonatorum after therapeutic whole-body hypothermia

Sclerema neonatorum: recovery with cortisone.

practice. Occasionally intermediate cases have presented difficulty and some atypical examples, such as the case described by Nicholson and Claireaux (1948) which appeared to be a form of generalized infective cellulitis in an older baby, defy classification. A third condition, characterized by localized pitting oedema in cold premature babies, is sometimes called scleroedema but this is not al...

Fatty crystals in sclerema neonatorum.

The fatty crystals in three previously published cases of sclerema neonatorum were identified by means of x-ray diffraction as sodium stearate and palmitic acid. A composite view of the pathogenesis of both sclerema neonatorum and adiponecrosis cutis neonatorum is discussed.

Report of a Case of Sclerema Neonatorum

Sclerema Neonatorum in a Full-Term Infant Showing Favorable Prognosis

Sclerema neonatorum (SN) is a rare disease characterized by firm, indurated, waxy skin lesions extending throughout the body, sparing the fat-free soles, palms, and genitalia. The prognosis of SN is generally very poor, with a high fatality rate. We report the case of a full-term infant with delayed onset of SN showing good prognosis. A 4-month-old Korean male infant presented with diffuse waxy...

Sclerema Neonatorum and its Relation to Fat Necrosis.

Sclerema neonatorum is a rare disease of earlv infancy, characterized by swellings in the subcutaneous fat, of characteristic distribultion on the back, shoulders, buttocks, and cheeks. In these lesions the fat crystallizes out during life, probably as reutral fat, and in well-marked cases the crystals give rise to an inflammatory reaction of the " foreign body " type, with giant cells. In thes...