Address for correspondence: Maria Weryńska-Kalemba MD, PhD, Chair and Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, Dermatology and Allergology, Medical University of Silesia, 10 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie St, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland, phone: +48 664 968 021, fax: +48 32 271 31 65, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 9.03.2015, accepted: 11.05.2015. A case of lipoatrophic panniculitis in a 2-year-ol...

Three patients presented with septal fasciitis and panniculitis, associated with clinical and laboratory features which precluded straight-forward classification into eosinophilic fasciitis, localised scleroderma, or lupus erythematosus profundus. Treatment with cimetidine caused the remission of cutaneous manifestations and the extracutaneous abnormalities, such as nailfold capillary disturban...

A case is described of Weber-Christian panniculitis accompanied by a gammaglobulin disturbance which preceded by five years the diagnosis of an autoimmune hepatitis and pancytopenia. Also associated was the onset of diabetes mellitus, found at necropsy to be related to pancreatic islet amyloid deposition. This case reinforces the view that Weber-Christian panniculitis may be an adipose response...

Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare entity of benign features that affects the intestinal mesenteric fat tissue and can progress in different ways, from spontaneous resolution to fibrosis. The etiology is still uncertain, probably caused by trauma, infection or surgery. We report a case of a 64-year-old male patient who suddenly began with abdominal pain and leukocytosis. Diagnosis of mesenteric ...

INTRODUCTION Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare entity related to kidney transplantation. It usually presents with ecthyma-like lesions and black necrotic cellulitis. We report an unusual case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis presenting as erythema-nodosum-like lesions in a woman who had received a renal transplant. CASE PRESENTATION A 49-year-old woman with diabetes received a living-unrelate...

Gouty panniculitis is a rare manifestation of gout. Clinically, it is characterized by indurated subcutaneous nodules in nonjoint areas. Pathologically, typical characteristic gouty tophi can be seen in subcutaneous tissue. It is postulated that gouty panniculitis develops as a consequence of uric acid accumulation in the body and localized inflammatory changes in subcutaneous tissue. We report...

75 VOLUME 46__JANUARY 17, 2009 Localised areas of erythema and induration developed on the feet of 2 term neonates (male and a female) on the 7th and 10th day of life respectively, at the peak of winters in the plains of North India. There were no preceding perinatal risk factors or complications. The babies had no direct exposure to any cold object or ice. Woody erythema was noted first, follo...

Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphomas (SPTLs) α/β are rare in childhood. The present report refers to a case of a 7-year-old male child presenting an extensive skin lesion that began when he was 5 years of age. Two biopsies were evaluated using the CD3, CD4, CD8, CD56, βF1, and TIA markers. A dense infiltrate of CD3+, CD4-, CD8+, CD56-, βF1+, and TIA+ pleomorphic lymphocytes was found...

AAT: a1-antitrypsin A lpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) is a serine protease inhibitor that prevents enzymatic degradation of normal human tissue. The Z allele of the AAT gene locus (designated PI ) is the most frequent deficient mutation, with the PiZZ phenotype responsible for 95% of severe AAT deficiency cases. Severe deficiency is often underdiagnosed and classically leads to pulmonary and hepatic di...

SYNOPSIS A patient suffering from Weber-Christian panniculitis was found at necropsy to have similar lesions in the visceral adipose tissue. When the lesions occur internally, diagnosis during life is complicated by the difficulty of examining visceral adipose tissue and the disease may often go unrecognized, but patients suffering from Weber-Christian panniculitis should be investigated bearin...