Skin inflammatory (nontumor)
Panniculitis
Lipogranulomatosis subcutanea of Rothmann and Makai
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Panniculitis
Lipogranulomatosis subcutanea of Rothmann and Makai
Topic Completed: 1 August 2011
Minor changes: 2 April 2019
Copyright: 2002-2019, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Lipogranulomatosis subcutanea of Rothmann and Makai
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Definition / general | Treatment | Microscopic (histologic) description | Differential diagnosisCite this page: Hamodat M Lipogranulomatosis subcutanea of Rothmann and Makai. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/skinnontumorlipogranulomatosis.html. Accessed May 27th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Subcutaneous nodules on the trunk and extremities which undergo spontaneous involution, and are not associated with systemic symptoms
Treatment
- No effective treatment
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Lipogranulomas of subcutis, but not in crops
Differential diagnosis
- Weber-Christian disease: appears in crops; associated with fever and malaise
