The Phlebopathies of the Fasciitis Panniculitis Syndrome

Naschitz JE, Yeshurun D, Shajrawi I, Misselevich I, Boss JH. The Phlebopathies of the Fasciitis Panniculitis Syndrome. Scand J Rheumatol 1992; 21: 24-7. The fasciitis-penniculitis syndrome is histological characterized by fibrous thickening and inflammation of the subcutaneous septa. fascia and perimysium. These morphological features were the common denominator in 13 patients with Shulman's eosinophilic fascistic. scleroderma profunda. venous lipodermatosclerosis, indurations following recurrent erysipelas and erysipeloid erythema nodosum. Small to medium-sized vessel phlebitis was found in the subcutaneous and perimysial tissues of 11 of the patients and subcutaneous phlebosclerosis was encountered in all cases. These data contrast with the low incidence of phlebopathy reported by others in these disorders.