The most common panniculitis in rheumatology practice

Česká verzia

Authors: R. Moravcová
Authors place of work: Revmatologický ústav Praha
Published in the journal: Čes. Revmatol., 31, 2023, No. 4, p. 172-182.
Category: Review Article

Summary

Panniculitis is one of the most challenging areas for all clinicians because it is a very heterogeneous group of inflammatory diseases with similar clinical and histopathological features that affect the subcutaneous fat. Clinically, they manifest as red edematous nodules and plaques. In addition to a detailed anamnesis, a biopsy of the lesion with an adequate representation of the subcutaneous tissue is necessary to determine the diagnosis and subsequently to start appropriate treatment. According to the place of origin and type of inflammatory infiltrate and the presence of vasculitis, we divide panniculitis into several groups. In this review, we will mainly focus on panniculitis without vasculitis, namely those that are of particular interest to rheumatologists, who see it most often in their offices.

Keywords:

panniculitis – septal panniculitis – lobular panniculitis – mixed panniculitis – panniculitis without vasculitis

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