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Dr Doan Graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed residency training in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Colorado. He completed additional fellowship training in Orthopedic Sports Medicine at the prestigious Steadman Clinic and Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado. He is a practicing Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in complex and revision knee and shoulder surgery at the Kansas City Orthopedic Institute. He also holds an assistant professorship at the University of Kansas City.
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What is Traumatic Fat Necrosis?
Injury to the fat-containing cells beneath the skin. The most common cause is blunt injury to the area, typically in the breast or thighs.
Typical Symptoms of Traumatic Fat Necrosis
Lumps under the skin
Skin hardening
Skin depressions, holes or pockmarks
Bumps on the skin over areas of previous injury e.g. elbows and knees
Skin redness or red bumpy rashes
Breast lump
Doctor's Diagnostic Questionson Traumatic Fat Necrosis
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this disease:
Do you have any lumps under your skin?
Do you have skin hardening?
Do you have sunken or depressed skin areas?
Are there rashes on previous injury sites?
Do you have red skin or red spots?
Treatmentof Traumatic Fat Necrosis
This condition generally improves on its own. Gentle massage and a warm compress can help with pain relief. Medications such as anti inflammatories may also be helpful to prevent calcification of the fat tissue.
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References
ROBERTS B, REED R, FITTS WT Jr. Traumatic fat necrosis. Am J Surg. 1956 Apr;91(4):467-70. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(56)90271-9. PMID: 13302547.
https://www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/0002-9610(56)90271-9/pdf
Akyol M, Kayali A, Yildirim N. Traumatic fat necrosis of male breast. Clin Imaging. 2013 Sep-Oct;37(5):954-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.05.009. Epub 2013 Jul 11. PMID: 23849832.
https://www.clinicalimaging.org/article/S0899-7071(13)00135-6/fulltext
Moir PJ. TRAUMATIC FAT NECROSIS OF THE BREAST. Br Med J. 1929 Apr 6;1(3561):640-1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.3561.640-a. PMID: 20774594; PMCID: PMC2450553.
https://www.bmj.com/content/1/3561/640.2
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Reviewed By:
Kent C Doan, MD (Orthopedics)
Dr Doan Graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed residency training in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Colorado. He completed additional fellowship training in Orthopedic Sports Medicine at the prestigious Steadman Clinic and Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado. He is a practicing Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in complex and revision knee and shoulder surgery at the Kansas City Orthopedic Institute. He also holds an assistant professorship at the University of Kansas City.
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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