Objectives: To present a case of pancreatitis, panniculitis and polyarthritis syndome, including the full spectrum of the arthritis component. Methods: A case of PPP syndrome was examined, with a detailed review of the patient's synovial fluid aspirate including cell count, crystals, culture and a lipid analysis which was compared to a control patient. Results: The synovial fluid aspirate from ...

A 23 years old girl with a past history of sero-positive oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis developed nodules and depressed scars over face and limbs. Biopsy from the lesion revealed mixed panniculitis. She responded to steroids and hydroxychloroquine but has residual lipoatrophic scars needing reconstructive surgery.

Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare disorder characterized by a tumor-like expansion of the mesentery due to variable degrees of fat necrosis, chronic inflammation and fibrosis. Its pathophysiology remains unclear despite the description of associations with inflammatory disorders or malignancies, especially lymphomas. The disease remains asymptomatic in 30-50% of cases, and the most common clini...

Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is a rare disease occasionally complicated with lymphoma. A 55-year old female presented with MP accompanied by malignant lymphoma. This patient was first treated for follicular lymphoma and subsequently for panniculitis. After 6 courses of R-CHOP chemotherapy, the treatment response was partial. An additional course of salvage chemotherapy led to a complete respons...

All the ACLE patients had malar rash, with only 35.7% (n = 20) having concomitant photodistributed rash. Eigthy percent of SCLE patients had psoriasiform lesions, whereas the remaining had annular lesions. Drosos in Greece also noted a similar distribution.[2] DLE represented 83.3% (n = 39) of CCLE in this study, while the remaining had lupus panniculitis. Other variants of CCLE were not seen. ...

described as a pathologic entity by the World Health Organization classification system for lymphoid neoplasms, and PTCL represents a relatively small proportion of all the lymphomas (1). It has a lower prevalence in Western countries than else where; it makes up approximately 10-15% of all non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas in Europe (2), versus 25% in Korea (3). Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lym...

Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare, benign disease characterized by a chronic non-specific inflammatory process of mesenteric fat tissue with unknown etiology. Its clinical outcome ranges from complete resolution without any treatment to rapid progression culminating in death. So far, there is no established treatment available for its management. A 53-year-old female was admitted to our hospita...

Sir, In 1980 Beacham et al. (1) described equestrian cold panniculitis in overweight young women wearing tightfitting uninsulated riding trousers. They developed reddish tender plaques on the thighs due to prolonged cold exposure during equestrian activities in the winter. Cold panniculitis and pernio (chilblains), which is a relatively mild form of cold injury, has also been described in child...

Erythema nodosum is a common variant of panniculitis. It is characterized by tender erythematous nodule and plaque on the anterior aspect of the leg. The etiology is not fully understood. It may be associated with a variety of disorders, including infection, medication, autoimmune disorders, pregnancy, and malignancy. A 33-year-old Korean woman presented with 1 week history of painful erythemat...