Panniculitis
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{{EtymologyBox|Latin. ''Pannus'' = cloth or covering, ''Panniculus'' = diminutive of ''pannus''. For further discussion see etymology.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=17382240 Cunningham SC, Klein RV. Nomenclature question: panniculus or pannus? Answer: pannona. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2007 Apr; 204(4):726-7.]<small>([http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.027 Link to article] – subscription may be required.)</small></ref>}} | {{EtymologyBox|Latin. ''Pannus'' = cloth or covering, ''Panniculus'' = diminutive of ''pannus''. For further discussion see etymology.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=17382240 Cunningham SC, Klein RV. Nomenclature question: panniculus or pannus? Answer: pannona. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2007 Apr; 204(4):726-7.]<small>([http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.027 Link to article] – subscription may be required.)</small></ref>}} | ||
| - | Inflammation of the adipose tissue (the panniculus adiposus), usually, | + | Inflammation of the adipose tissue (the panniculus adiposus). Clinically, it usually refers to inflammation and induration affecting subcutis, e.g. inflammation of the subcutaneous abdominal apron of fat in morbidly obese patients. It can be associated with vasculitides. |
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| + | Histologically, the term refers to conditions with inflammation of the subcutis. Two broad patterns are described: septal and lobular, which as the names suggests are named after the microscopic distribution of inflammation. | ||
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| + | [[Erythema nodosum]] is regarded as the archetypal septal panniculitis. Lobular panniculitis may seen secondary to trauma as well as lupus panniculitis (a.k.a lupus profundus), nodular vasculitis (a.k.a. erythema induratum) and granulomatous lobular panniculitis. | ||
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| + | A number of cases characterised by idiopathic lobular panniculitis are grouped together as [[Christian-Weber disease]], although in practice these may represent distinct conditions.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=9674398 White JW, Winkelmann RK. Weber-Christian panniculitis: a review of 30 cases with this diagnosis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 1998 Jul; 39(1):56-62.]</ref> | ||
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Latin. Pannus = cloth or covering, Panniculus = diminutive of pannus. For further discussion see etymology.[1]Inflammation of the adipose tissue (the panniculus adiposus). Clinically, it usually refers to inflammation and induration affecting subcutis, e.g. inflammation of the subcutaneous abdominal apron of fat in morbidly obese patients. It can be associated with vasculitides.
Histologically, the term refers to conditions with inflammation of the subcutis. Two broad patterns are described: septal and lobular, which as the names suggests are named after the microscopic distribution of inflammation.
Erythema nodosum is regarded as the archetypal septal panniculitis. Lobular panniculitis may seen secondary to trauma as well as lupus panniculitis (a.k.a lupus profundus), nodular vasculitis (a.k.a. erythema induratum) and granulomatous lobular panniculitis.
A number of cases characterised by idiopathic lobular panniculitis are grouped together as Christian-Weber disease, although in practice these may represent distinct conditions.[2]
References
- ↑ Cunningham SC, Klein RV. Nomenclature question: panniculus or pannus? Answer: pannona. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2007 Apr; 204(4):726-7.(Link to article – subscription may be required.)
- ↑ White JW, Winkelmann RK. Weber-Christian panniculitis: a review of 30 cases with this diagnosis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 1998 Jul; 39(1):56-62.
