Author/Authors :
Berksoy, Emel Ataş Dr. Behçet Uz Children s Hospital - Clinic of Pediatrics, Turkey , Bağ, Özlem Dr. Behçet Uz Children s Hospital - Clinic of Pediatrics, Turkey , Çelik, Tanju Dr. Behçet Uz Children s Hospital - Clinic of Pediatrics, Türkiye , Yıldırım, Hülya Tosun Dr. Behçet Uz Children s Hospital - Clinic of Pathology, Turkey , Habif, Davi Dr. Behçet Uz Children s Hospital - Clinic of Dermatology, Turkey , Öztürk, Aysel Dr. Behçet Uz Children s Hospital - Clinic of Pediatrics, Turkey
Abstract :
An 11-year-old girl applied for having a spongy consistency of swellings in various part of her scalp. The overlying skin and hair growth of these areas appeared normal. There was no evidence of systemic disease except for exogenous obesity. Ultrasonography showed thickening of the subcutaneous tissue on the swelling part of the scalp. Histopathological examination revealed elastic fibre fragmentation on dermis and increased thickness in the subcutaneous fat tissue containing numerous hair follicles. The clinical features and the histopathological changes in the lesion were consistent with a diagnosis of lipedematous scalp, which has previously been described predominantly in adult women
