A case of lipomembranous panniculitis with a dramatic response to the treatment of venous insufficiency

Lipomembranous panniculitis (LP) is a peculiar type of fat necrosis and is reported with various clinical conditions, mostly with peripheral vascular diseases. Here, a case of a 57-year-old woman with a painful erythematous swelling of the right leg in association with venous insufficiency has been...

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Autores principales: Mullaaziz, Didem, Kaptanoğlu, Aslı, Çalıkoğlu, Emel Erdal, Özkayalar, Hanife
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6026812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29991978
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2018.7486
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Sumario:Lipomembranous panniculitis (LP) is a peculiar type of fat necrosis and is reported with various clinical conditions, mostly with peripheral vascular diseases. Here, a case of a 57-year-old woman with a painful erythematous swelling of the right leg in association with venous insufficiency has been reported. Although LP is frequently associated with venous insufficiency, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the beneficial effect of venous insufficiency treatment in LP.

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