RATIONALE Gouty panniculitis, characterised by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in subcutaneous tissue, is a rare clinical manifestation of gout. PATIENT CONCERNS The case of a 67-year-old man is reported, who presented an erythematous nodule on the upper part of the right buttock suspicious for an abscess. This was in the context of chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. DIAGN...

INTRODUCTION Mesenteric panniculitis of the sigmoid colon is a rare occurrence in surgical practice. The aim of this article is to present a case of mesenteric panniculitis of the sigmoid colon and a short review of the literature. CASE PRESENTATION We reviewed the hospital record of a 63-year-old man who presented with a palpable mass in the left abdomen and clinical signs of a partial bowel...

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BACKGROUND Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTL) is a distinctive skin lymphoma characterized by neoplastic T-cell infiltration of the subcutaneous tissue, mimicking panniculitis. OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical and pathologic features of SPTL in Korean patients. METHODS Fourteen SPTL patients evaluated over 15 years were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS The mean patie...

Weber-Christian disease is a rare and poorly understood disorder of the adipose tissue.1,2 The exact aetiopathogenesis of this condition is largely unknown and it is also called idiopathic lobular panniculitis.3 In 1892, Pfeifer first described the skin condition now known as Weber-Christian disease, or idiopathic lobular panniculitis.4,5 In 1925, Weber further depicted the syndrome as case of ...