Neutrophilic Panniculitides

Abstract

Neutrophilic panniculitides are a heterogeneous group of inflammatory disorders encompassing many different entities. This review article focuses on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinicopathological features, diagnosis, and treatment of selected diseases. Patients often seek care due to systemic involvement, but the variable presentation of panniculitides can present a diagnostic challenge. Most therapeutic modalities for neutrophilic disorders are anecdotal at best with a notable lack of standardization of the responses to medications. There is an urgent need for a larger multi-institutional collaboration to address the unmet needs of these challenging, yet rare conditions.

Keywords: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; Drug-induced panniculitis; Neutrophilic dermatoses; Neutrophilic panniculitis; Pancreatic panniculitis; Pfeifer-Weber-Christian disease; Sweet syndrome; subcutaneous sweet syndrome.