Panniculitis

• Trauma• Foreign body• Infectious- must rule-out• Rarely autoimmune• Often idiopathic and sterile

“Teddy”

Nodule which drains “oily” exudateNodular panniculitis

Idiopathic nodular panniculitisSpecial stains and C/S negative

Idiopathic nodular panniculitisSpecial stains and C/S negative

Dermatophyte pseudomycetoma

Dermatophyte Pseudomycetoma

Dermatophyte pseudomycetoma

Nocardia

Nocardia

Nocardia sp.

Nocardial infection

Nocardial infection

Atrophic Dermatoses