title: Peripheral fat necrosis after penetrating pancreatic trauma: a case report.
abstract: Peripheral fat necrosis (PFN), a rare complication of pancreatitis, has been reported previously in association with blunt pancreatic trauma. A patient who developed peripheral fat necrosis after penetrating pancreatic trauma and needed bilateral above-the-knee amputations to treat complications of lower extremity fat necrosis is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003646:Debridement; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications*