Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis in Pancreatic Disease A Review and Two New Case Reports

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Else Vigholt Srensen
Keyword(s):  
Case Reports ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Pancreatic Disease ◽  
Fat Necrosis ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis

scholarly journals Subcutaneous fat necrosis, `polyarthritis', and pancreatic disease

Gut ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Lucas ◽  
T. K. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Pancreatic Disease ◽  
Fat Necrosis ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis

Subcutaneous fat necrosis and polyarthritis associated with pancreatic disease

1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 1922-1925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad I. Shbeeb ◽  
Joseph Duffy ◽  
Johannes Bjornsson ◽  
Arlan M. Ashby ◽  
Eric L. Matteson
Keyword(s):  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Pancreatic Disease ◽  
Fat Necrosis ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis

scholarly journals Disseminated subcutaneous fat necrosis and elbow joint arthritis as a complication of pancreatitis

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 703-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radoje Colovic ◽  
Nikica Grubor ◽  
Vladimir Radak ◽  
Natasa Colovic ◽  
Vitomir Rankovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elbow Joint ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Pancreatic Disease ◽  
Fat Necrosis ◽  
Fat Tissue ◽  
Aseptic Necrosis ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis ◽  
Abdominal Symptoms ◽  
Joint Arthritis ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat Tissue

Background. Intraabdominal fat necrosis of the retroperitoneum, mesenthery and omentum is a frequent complication of acute pancreatitis. Very rarely, during the disease multiple aseptic subcutaneous fat necrosis, polyarthritis, polyserositis, vasculitis, subcutaneous nodi and eosinophylia, isolated or in combination, may appear. They are known as "pancreatic disease syndrome". Case report. We presented a female patient, 43-year-old, in whom in the course of acute interstitial billiary pancreatitis had occur red multiple localized aseptic necrosis of subcutaneous fat tissue of extremities appeared mostly around the talocrural and wrist joints requiring multiple incision, as well as aseptic elbow joints arthritis requiring puncture of one elbow joint. The symptoms were followed by a prolonged febrility that settled within several weeks. Conclusion. Localized disseminated fat necrosis around joints, arthritis of major joints, alone or with some of other symptoms of the "pancreatic disease syndrome" have to be considered as a probable sign of pancreatitis, even in the abscence of major abdominal symptoms.

Computed Tomography (CT) Appearances of Acute Pancreatitis Presenting as Polyarthropathy with Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 183-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.C. Patel ◽  
E.M. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Pancreatic Disease ◽  
Fat Necrosis ◽  
Abdominal Ct ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis ◽  
Subcutaneous Nodules

A case of severe acute pancreatitis presenting with polyarthropathy and subcutaneous nodules but no abdominal pain is described. Abdominal CT showed multiple subcutaneous soft tissue densities which on histological examination were identified as areas of fat necrosis consistent with pancreatic disease. Such CT appearances have not been described previously.

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