Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn: CT findings of head and neck involvement.
We present the CT findings in two newborns with subcutaneous fat necrosis. This is an uncommon disease that occurs in neonates who have had difficult deliveries. The CT findings varied from discrete subcutaneous nodules to a diffuse subcutaneous fullness. Although the subcutaneous disease tends to spontaneously resolve within weeks to months, an associated hypercalcemia may have a fatal outcome.
Norton
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KI
Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, NY, USA.
Som
P M
PM
Shugar
J M
JM
Rothchild
M A
MA
Popper
L
L
D002610:Cheek / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009772:Obstetrical Forceps; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery