Yamila Coimbra; Roxana Di Gaeta; Sandra García; Patricia Della Giovanna

Authors

Yamila Coimbra Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Roxana Di Gaeta Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sandra García Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Patricia Della Giovanna Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Keywords:

pancreatic panniculitis, pancreas, subcutaneous fat necrosis

Abstract

Pancreatic panniculitis is a rare disease constituted by lesions with subcutaneous fat necrosis, associated with some type of pancreatic disease. We report the case of a 60-year-old woman hospitalized for acute pancreatitis and cholangitis. At the time of admission, she presented a dermatosis localized in lower limbs, characterized by erythematous and painful nodules. The histopathology reported cytosteatonecrosis. She required one month of antibiotic therapy with good evolution and improvement of the skin lesions.

Author Biographies

Yamila Coimbra, Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Second Year Medical Fellow

Roxana Di Gaeta, Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Staff Physician, Dermatology Service

Sandra García, Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Head of the Pathological Anatomy Service

Patricia Della Giovanna, Professor Alejandro Posadas National Hospital, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Head of the Dermatology Service

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