panniculitis
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Panniculitis is a group of diseases whose hallmark is inflammation of subcutaneous adipose tissue (the fatty layer under the skin – panniculus adiposus). Symptoms include tender skin nodules, and systemic signs such as weight loss and fatigue.
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- Panniculitis
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- Erythema induratum, a form of lobular panniculitis
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- Subclass of
- disease
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- health specialty
- rheumatology
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C112112
- exact match
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- ICD-9-CM
- 729.39
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Associated conditions
- Diagnosis
- Classification
- Lobular
- With vasculitis
- Without vasculitis
- With needle-shaped clefts
- Septal
- Erythema nodosum
- A1AT-deficiency-associated
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Panniculitis is a group of diseases whose hallmark is inflammation of subcutaneous adipose tissue (the fatty layer under the skin – panniculus adiposus). Symptoms include tender skin nodules, and systemic signs such as weight loss and fatigue.
Restated, an inflammatory disorder primarily localized in the subcutaneous fat is termed a "panniculitis", a group of disorders that may be challenging both for the clinician and the dermatopathologist. The general term for inflammation of any adipose tissue is steatitis.
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