TY - JOUR T1 - Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn: CT findings of head and neck involvement. JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 547 LP - 550 VL - 18 IS - 3 AU - K I Norton AU - P M Som AU - J M Shugar AU - M A Rothchild AU - L Popper Y1 - 1997/03/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/18/3/547.abstract N2 - We present the CT findings in two newborns with subcutaneous fat necrosis. This is an uncommon disease that occurs in neonates who have had difficult deliveries. The CT findings varied from discrete subcutaneous nodules to a diffuse subcutaneous fullness. Although the subcutaneous disease tends to spontaneously resolve within weeks to months, an associated hypercalcemia may have a fatal outcome. ER -