Lipophagic granulomatous panniculitis with lipoatrophy mimicking arthritis with pitting edema

L P Melchiorre Jr; C D Rose; P M Hyde; P S Yussen; K A Conard

Lipophagic granulomatous panniculitis with lipoatrophy mimicking arthritis with pitting edema

J Rheumatol. 2000 Feb;27(2):504-6.

Authors

L P Melchiorre Jr¹, C D Rose, P M Hyde, P S Yussen, K A Conard

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware 19899, USA.

PMID: 10685821

Abstract

We describe a preadolescent girl with intense ankle synovitis and pitting edema that obscured the subcutaneous origin of the inflammation. Typical nodular disease emerged after corticosteroid tapering when regional atrophy developed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue / pathology
Arthritis / diagnosis*
Arthritis / physiopathology
Atrophy
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Edema
Female
Humans
Panniculitis / diagnosis*
Panniculitis / pathology
Panniculitis / physiopathology