A Young Woman with Panniculitis and Cytopenia who Later Developed Coagulopathy

Sanat Phatak; Latika Gupta; Amita Aggarwal

A Young Woman with Panniculitis and Cytopenia who Later Developed Coagulopathy

J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 Feb;64(2):65-67.

Authors

Sanat Phatak¹, Latika Gupta¹, Amita Aggarwal²

Affiliations

¹ Senior Resident.
² Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

PMID: 27730785

Abstract

A young woman presented with panniculitis, fever and blood cytopenias, later going on to develop hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Further evaluation revealed the presence of subcutaneous panniculitis like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL). With this case we present an approach to panniculitis, a commonly encountered skin manifestation with a wide range of differentials. We discuss the close similarity between lupus erythematous panniculitis (LEP) and lymphoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / complications*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / etiology*
Lymphoma, T-Cell / diagnostic imaging*
Lymphoma, T-Cell / pathology
Panniculitis / complications
Panniculitis / diagnosis*
Panniculitis, Lupus Erythematosus
Skin / diagnostic imaging*
Skin / pathology
Subcutaneous Tissue / pathology*
Thrombocytopenia / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Young Adult

Supplementary concepts

Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma