Immune-mediated panniculitis, mimicking pancreatic-disease-associated fat necrosis.
A fifty-seven-year-old woman had been suffering from chronic nodules on both legs for 17 years. The histologic findings have suggested pancreatic-disease-associated fat necrosis. Up to now, however, no pancreatic disorder has been found and several biological clues indicate that a more plausible explanation may be an immune-mediated injury of the panniculus.
Hainaut
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Service de Médecine Interne Générale, Universitaires St-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Fievez
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Coche
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*