Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis Associated with hypo/Hypercalcemia and Brachiall Plexopathy
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Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis Associated with hypo/Hypercalcemia and Brachiall Plexopathy

J Behcet Uz Child Hosp 2016;6(1):81-84 DOI: 10.5222/buchd.2016.081
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Abstract

Subcutaneous fat necrosis is a rare disorder, mostly seen at first week of life whose etiology is not truely known. It ıs panniculitis that perinatal compliactions like gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, asphyxia, meconium aspiration, birth trauma, sepsis and hypothermia are thought to be the causes. Subcutaneous fat necrosis is charecterized by red sharp bordered usually painless nodular lesions on back, shoulders, hips, thighs.

In this case we decided to emphasize early development of metastatic calcifications due to subcutaneous fat necrosis at a 24 days old term neonate with a history of neonatal asphyxia who had administered hypothermia; in the early period hypocalcemia and afterwards hypercalcemia and nephrocalcinosis had developed.

Keywords: Subcutaneous fat necrosis, asphyxia, hypocalcemia