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MRI and US findings of subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn

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Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn (SCFN) is an uncommon, benign disorder found in full-term or post-mature neonates. It usually presents in neonates who have experienced perinatal difficulty such as asphyxia, peripheral hypoxemia, hypothermia, meconium aspiration or trauma. We present a newborn with abnormal findings on MRI and US within the axilla, neck, and abdominal walls that were pathologically proved via biopsy to be subcutaneous fat necrosis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, USA

    Syam Vasireddy & Scott D. Long

  2. Department of Radiology, St. John’s Hospital, 800 East Carpenter Street, Springfield, IL, 62769, USA

    Syam Vasireddy & Scott D. Long

  3. Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Bhavna Sacheti

  4. Department of Critical Care, Children’s Hospital Wisconsin, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, 53226, WI, USA

    Bhavna Sacheti

  5. Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, USA

    Ruth D. Mayforth

  6. Department of Surgery, St. John’s Hospital, 800 East Carpenter Street, Springfield, IL, 62769, USA

    Ruth D. Mayforth

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Vasireddy, S., Long, S.D., Sacheti, B. et al. MRI and US findings of subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn. Pediatr Radiol 39, 73–76 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-1019-2

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