Sclerema Neonatorum in a Full-Term Infant Showing Favorable Prognosis

Sclerema Neonatorum Treated Successfully with Parenteral Steroids: An Experience from a Resource Poor Country

Sclerema neonatorum is a form of panniculitides characterized by diffuse hardening of subcutaneous tissue with minimal inflammation. It usually affects ill and preterm neonates. Prognosis is usually poor in many cases despite aggressive management. Various treatment modalities (antibiotics, intravenous immunoglobulin, steroids, and exchange transfusion) have been explained in literature. Steroi...

Fatty crystals in sclerema neonatorum.

The fatty crystals in three previously published cases of sclerema neonatorum were identified by means of x-ray diffraction as sodium stearate and palmitic acid. A composite view of the pathogenesis of both sclerema neonatorum and adiponecrosis cutis neonatorum is discussed.

Report of a Case of Sclerema Neonatorum

An Unusual Case of Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis in a Newly Born Infant.

Sclerema, scleroderma, and scleroedema are terms used to describe various conditions in the newly born with swelling and induration of areas of skin and the underlying subcutaneous tissues. Confusion, described by Macgregor (1960) as 'chaotic', has arisen from a loose use of the terms. McIntosh, Waugh, and Ross (1938) explain the historical origins of the confusion and mention the tendency for ...

Sclerema neonatorum: recovery with cortisone.

practice. Occasionally intermediate cases have presented difficulty and some atypical examples, such as the case described by Nicholson and Claireaux (1948) which appeared to be a form of generalized infective cellulitis in an older baby, defy classification. A third condition, characterized by localized pitting oedema in cold premature babies, is sometimes called scleroedema but this is not al...