[A several-week history of inflammatory changes in the right foot and right hand of a 57-year-old male patient]

Publication

[A several-week history of inflammatory changes in the right foot and right hand of a 57-year-old male patient]

Journal Paper/Review - May 18, 2021

von Lucadou M, Strahm Carol, Potz S, Toepfer Andreas, Weber Markus, Passavanti Z, Neumann T

Citation

von Lucadou M, Strahm C, Potz S, Toepfer A, Weber M, Passavanti Z, Neumann T. [A several-week history of inflammatory changes in the right foot and right hand of a 57-year-old male patient]. Internist (Berl) 2021; 62:555-561.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Internist (Berl) 2021; 62

Publication Date

May 18, 2021

Issn Electronic

1432-1289

Pages

555-561

Brief description/objective

Metastatic fat necrosis due to inflammatory or neoplastic pancreatic diseases is rare. This phenomenon is attributed to systemic effects of pancreatic enzymes. Depending on the sites of fat necrosis, a number of different diseases may be mimicked, leading to incorrect diagnosis and therapies. Many case reports describe the phenomenon of skin, joint and bone manifestations of fat necrosis under the acronym PPP (pancreatic, panniculits, polyarthritis) syndrome. The management of "autodigestion" primarily consists of treating the underlying pancreatic disease.