title: Post-steroid panniculitis in an adult.
abstract: Post-steroid panniculitis is an extremely rare phenomenon caused by inappropriate interruption of long-term systemic corticosteroid therapy. It usually occurs in children and is characterized by development of multiple subcutaneous nodules on the cheeks, arms, and trunk. Histologically it is a lobular type of panniculitis with characteristic needle-shaped clefts within adipocytes and numerous foreign-body giant cells. We present a case of post-steroid panniculitis occurring in a 50-year-old female after long-term administration of oral corticosteroids for Sjögren's syndrome accompanied by leukocytoclastic vasculitis and chronic polyarthritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatovenereology, University Clinical Center Maribor, Ljubljanska ulica 5, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Maruska
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marovt
authors.forename: Jovan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miljković
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones