MRI and US findings of subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn.
Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn (SCFN) is an uncommon, benign disorder found in full-term or post-mature neonates. It usually presents in neonates who have experienced perinatal difficulty such as asphyxia, peripheral hypoxemia, hypothermia, meconium aspiration or trauma. We present a newborn with abnormal findings on MRI and US within the axilla, neck, and abdominal walls that were pathologically proved via biopsy to be subcutaneous fat necrosis.
Department of Radiology, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, USA. svasireddy@siumed.edu
Syam
S
Vasireddy
Scott D
SD
Long
Bhavna
B
Sacheti
Ruth D
RD
Mayforth
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography