Neonatal Hypercalcemia Secondary to Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis Successfully Treated with Pamidronate: A Case Series and Literature Review

Neonatal Hypercalcemia Secondary to Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis Successfully Treated with Pamidronate: A Case Series and Literature Review

Abstract Subcutaneous fat necrosis (SCFN) is a noninfectious panniculitis that occurs in term infants who experience significant distress in the 1st weeks of life, including hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Since the introduction of therapeutic hypothermia for HIE, there have been a few publis...

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Main Authors: Veronica Mugarab Samedi, Kamran Yusuf, Wendy Yee, Hala Obaid, Essa Hamdan Al Awad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2014-11-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Subjects:
hypercalcemia
therapeutic hypothermia
newborn
pamidronate
subcutaneous fat necrosis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0034-1395987

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