Encapsulated Necrosis Associated with Behçet's Syndrome
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ushio Takeda; Hiroshi Shinkai; Kei Kuroda
- Source
- The Journal of Dermatology. 26:522-526
- Subject
- Erythema nodosum
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Necrosis
S syndrome
business.industry
Behcet Syndrome
Extremities
Nodule (medicine)
Dermatology
General Medicine
Fibrous tissue
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Skin Diseases
Lesion
stomatognathic diseases
Underlying disease
Subcutaneous nodule
medicine
Humans
Female
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0385-2407
We reported a case of a 45-year-old woman with encapsulated necrosis associated with Behçet's syndrome. The lesions were characterized by multiple, small subcutaneous nodules on the extremities. Histologically, a nodule consisted of degenerative adipocytes encapsulated by fibrous tissue. A membranocystic lesion was also observed in the cavity of the nodule. The patient had a long-term history of Behçet's syndrome and suffered from erythematous subcutaneous nodules, resembling erythema nodosum on the extremities with a tendency to recurrence. These observations indicate that Behçet's syndrome could be implicated in the development of encapsulated necrosis as an underlying disease.