Tender skin nodules in a newborn

Abstract

Subcutaneous fat necrosis of infancy is a rare disorder of subcutaneous adipose tissue that is sometimes complicated by hypercalcemia. Complete resolution is common. From the pediatrician′s point of view, the disease is a rare but important cause of inconsolable cry in a newborn.

Keywords

• Hypercalcemia
• newborn
• panniculitis
• subcutaneous fat necrosis