Suggestions for a New Clinical Classification Approach to Panniculitis Based on a Mayo Clinic Experience of 207 Cases

Diffuse panniculitis in a teenage male with ZZ α1-antitrypsin deficiency

“…Diffuse panniculitis is an inflammatory condition of the subcutaneous fat associated with a multiplicity of aetiological factors and nosological conditions [ 1 , 2 ]. Diffuse panniculitis commonly occurs spontaneously and presents with painful skin nodules occasionally evolving into skin-ulcerating lesions discharging oily, yellow exudate.…”