Late traumatic birth complication
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https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v23.i3.8700Keywords:
Cutaneous lesions, hypercalcaemia, newborn, subcutaneous fat necrosisAbstract
Introduction: Subcutaneous fat necrosis is a rare transient disorder of adipose tissue mostly affecting term or post-term newborns with perinatal complications.
Case report: Full-term neonate, large for gestational age, with a complicated vaginal birth, requiring resuscitation. Skin lesions compatible with NGTS, which resolved without complications, were noted at 13 days of life.
Discussion: We report a case of subcutaneous fat necrosis with a benign evolution, just to remind this uncommon entity. The pathogenesis is poorly understood and although it tends to resolve spontaneously, an eventful associated hypercalcaemia >may have a fatal outcome.
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