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.
Vasireddy
Syam
S
Department of Radiology, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, USA. svasireddy@siumed.edu
Long
Scott D
SD
Sacheti
Bhavna
B
Mayforth
Ruth D
RD
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