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Report of a Case in a Patient With Acute Pancreatitis

Norman Levine, MD; Gerald S. Lazarus, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1976;112(7):993-994.

Abstract
• A patient with acute pancreatitis developed subcutaneous fat necrosis of the anterior abdominal wall secondary to leakage of pancreatic enzymes through a rent in the peritoneum following paracentesis. The same patient also had another subcutaneous complication of pancreatitis, namely, nodular liquifying panniculitis of the lower extremities. The diagnosis was made by the typical histological findings of subcutaneous fat necrosis, foci of necrotic cells with a "ghost-like" appearance, and basophilic-staining calcium soaps deposited around the necrotic cells.

(Arch Dermatol 112:993-994, 1976)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 20, 1975.

Reprint requests to 111 E 210th St, Bronx, NY 10467 (Dr Levine).

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