Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn: CT findings of head and neck involvement

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1997 Mar;18(3):547-50.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cheek / diagnostic imaging
  • Fat Necrosis / congenital*
  • Fat Necrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Head / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Neck / diagnostic imaging*
  • Obstetrical Forceps
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery