Volume 68 Numbers 4 & 5 September / October 2001	back to contents

Update on Panniculitis	262–267
Robert G. Phelps, M.D., and Toru Shoji, M.D., Ph.D
Address correspondence to Robert G. Phelps, M.D., Dermatopathology Division, Box 1194, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029.

ABSTRACT
There is considerable confusion regarding the pathogenesis, nosology and treatment of panniculitis. This paper examines newer concepts in five types of panniculitis: i.e., histiocytic cytophagic panniculitis, erythema induratum, lipodermatosclerosis, pancreatic panniculitis and alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency panniculitis. Recent developments in etiology, pathogenesis, molecular techniques, and therapy are discussed.

KEY WORDS
Panniculitis, lymphoma, cytophagic, alpha-1-antitrypsin, pancreatitis

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