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H.S. Kwon, J.H. Lee, G.M. Kim, J.M. Bae, Image Gallery: Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn, British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 176, Issue 4, 1 April 2017, Page e32, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.15289
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Dear Editor, A 25‐day‐old girl presented with hardened, mobile, erythematous plaques on both arms and the back. She was born at term by vaginal delivery in dystocia, and received mechanical ventilator care for 5 days. Histopathological examination revealed lobular panniculitis with mixed inflammatory cell infiltrates and calcification. Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn (SCFN) was diagnosed. SCFN is a rare panniculitis following perinatal asphyxia or therapeutic hypothermia, and resolves spontaneously within several months.1 SCFN is occasionally complicated by metabolic alterations including hypercalcaemia.2 During the 10‐week follow‐up period, the lesions gradually resolved, and no metabolic complication has been noted. This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Catholic Medical Center Office of Human Research Protection Program (VC16ZISE0109).