Protocolo diagnóstico de las paniculitis
- Blázquez Cañamero, M.A.
- Revenga Martínez, M.
- Llop Vilatella, M.
ISSN: 0304-5412
Year of publication: 2017
Series: 12
Issue: 27
Pages: 1599-1603
Type: Article
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Abstract
Introduction Panniculitis are a group of diseases affecting the subcutaneous fatty tissue of varied aetiology. Aetiology Panniculitis can be idiopathic or associated with different metabolic and autoimmune diseases, neoplasms, drugs, physical or infectious agents. The symptom of common presentation is predominantly subcutaneous nodule on legs. Diagnostic process The diagnostic process requires a correlation between symptoms and findings from cutaneous biopsy, which will differentiate the panniculitis in septal and lobular. Erythema nodosum is the most frequent form of panniculitis. The presence of a lobular panniculitis obliges to discard tuberculosis. Treatment It depends on the underlying cause of the panniculitis.
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