TY - JOUR T1 - Subcutaneous fat necrosis in a neonate JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 248 LP - 249 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2017-314683 VL - 104 IS - 5 AU - Sheethal Sujayeendra Kodagali AU - Raj Narayanan Anantharaman Y1 - 2019/10/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/104/5/248.abstract N2 - A term neonate was born by forceps extraction with meconium stained liquor. He was admitted to high dependency neonatal unit for respiratory distress (venous blood gas (VBG): pH—7.23, pCO2—6.18) and low blood sugars. He received intravenous antibiotics for 36 hours and discharged home on day 5 of life.On day 11 of life, mother noticed a lump behind his left axilla with purplish discolouration (figure 1). More such lumps were noted in the next 4 days. Two firm purplish lumps measuring 3×3 cm on left posterior axilla and 2.5×2 cm on right posterior axilla were palpable (figure 2). Multiple palpable lumps of smaller size were noticed over his back up to the mid-thoracic region (figures 2 and 3).Figure 1 Purplish lumpy nodule visualised clearly on the left axilla posteriorly.Figure 2 Purplish lumpy nodules noticed on both the axillae posteriorly with knotty lumps seen on the back.Figure 3 Purplish lumpy nodule noticed posteriorly … ER -