Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the Leg
Cellulitis, a diffuse inflammation of connective tissue with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin, is a common lesion in children, usually responsive to systemic antibiotic therapy. However, an unusual course of healing or some nontypical features should call the treatin...
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| author | Einat Haikin Herzberger Shraga Aviner Evgenia Cherniavsky |
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| description | Cellulitis, a diffuse inflammation of connective tissue with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin, is a common lesion in children, usually responsive to systemic antibiotic therapy. However, an unusual course of healing or some nontypical features should call the treating physician to consider and investigate for other diagnoses that might prevent unnecessary treatment and alleviate parental stress.
We present a case of posttraumatic fat necrosis, demonstrating some pitfalls in the process of diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2ec446e8722043d7852d2a6c22bb94492025-02-03T01:28:59ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112012-01-01201210.1155/2012/672397672397Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the LegEinat Haikin Herzberger0Shraga Aviner1Evgenia Cherniavsky2Department of Pediatrics, The Barzilai Medical Center, 2 Hahistadrut Street, Ashkelon 78278, IsraelDepartment of Pediatrics, The Barzilai Medical Center, 2 Hahistadrut Street, Ashkelon 78278, IsraelFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, IsraelCellulitis, a diffuse inflammation of connective tissue with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin, is a common lesion in children, usually responsive to systemic antibiotic therapy. However, an unusual course of healing or some nontypical features should call the treating physician to consider and investigate for other diagnoses that might prevent unnecessary treatment and alleviate parental stress. We present a case of posttraumatic fat necrosis, demonstrating some pitfalls in the process of diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/672397 |
| spellingShingle | Einat Haikin Herzberger Shraga Aviner Evgenia Cherniavsky Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the Leg Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the Leg |
| title_full | Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the Leg |
| title_fullStr | Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the Leg |
| title_full_unstemmed | Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the Leg |
| title_short | Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the Leg |
| title_sort | posttraumatic fat necrosis presented as cellulitis of the leg |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/672397 |
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