PANNICULITIS
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PANNICULITIS. Stephen Hughes, MD Dermatopathologist Maize Center for Dermatopathology Mt. Pleasant, SC. Lipodermatosclerosis. Mostly Septal Panniculitis. Without vascular lesions. Morphea profunda. Septal panniculitis Widening and sclerosis of septa
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PANNICULITIS Stephen Hughes, MD Dermatopathologist Maize Center for Dermatopathology Mt. Pleasant, SC
Mostly Septal Panniculitis Without vascular lesions
Morphea profunda • Septal panniculitis • Widening and sclerosis of septa • May or may not have dermal involvement • Eosinophils common but may be absent • Plasma cells should be present
DDX: • Erythema nodosum • Has granulomas/radial granulomas not seen in scleroderma • Plasma cells not a feature • Eosinophilic fasciitis • Microscopically identical • Clinically distinct • Eosinophilic panniculitis • Mixed septal and lobular with massive eosinophils • Various associations (bites, parasites, atypical EN)
Erythema Nodosum • Microscopic features (fully developed): • Septal widening +/- fibrosis • Mixed inflammatory infiltrate: • Lymphocytes, macrophages, multinuc gc’s, neuts, eos • Miescher’s radial granulomas • Occasional foamy histiocytes (lipophages) in lobules
Mostly Septal Panniculitis With vascular lesions
Polyarteritis Nodosa • Neuts, leukocytoclastic debris (dust), eos, lcs • Medium artery in a septum of fat • (+/- deep dermis) • Fibrin in vessel wall • Mixed infiltrate in septum with little spillover into lobule • +/- thrombus
Thrombophlebitis • Thrombus in vessel lumen • Little inflammation (if at all) • Usually no fat necrosis • Late finding – organization of thrombus
Mostly Lobular Panniculitis With Vasculitis
Nodular Vasculitis/Erythema Induratum (Bazin) • MIXED SEPTAL AND LOBULAR PATTERN • MIXED INFILTRATE • LCs, neuts, histiocytes, mn gcs • GRANULOMAS +/- caseation • +/- ULCERATION • AFB stain usually NEGATIVE • PCR (+) 25-75% (Erythema induratum)
Mostly Lobular Panniculitis Without Vasculitis