POST-STEROID PANNICULITIS
Authors: Mario Spagnuolo, Angelo Taranta
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 June 1961POST-STEROID PANNICULITISMARIO SPAGNUOLO, M.D., ANGELO TARANTA, M.D.MARIO SPAGNUOLO, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ANGELO TARANTA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-6-1181 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe great majority of untoward effects of steroid therapy follow one of two general patterns. Some of them, such as sodium retention, osteoporosis, and decreased resistance to infections, are attributable directly to the hormones and not to the diseases for which the steroids are administered. They appear during the course of therapy and subside afterwards. Others consist of exacerbations of the underlying disease, are occasionally more severe than the initial manifestations, and occur after discontinuation of the hormones.Recent reports1-3have described a new and apparently rare syndrome which appears to be a complication of steroid therapy, particularly of prednisone...Bibliography1. SmithGood RTRA: Sequelae of prednisone treatment of acute rheumatic fever. Clin. Res. Proc. 4: 156, 1956. Google Scholar2. TarantaMarkHaasCooper AHRCNS: Nodular panniculitis after massive prednisone therapy. Amer. J. Med. 25: 52, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Vince DJ: Nodular panniculitis after massive prednisone therapy. Canad. Med. Ass. J. 79: 840, 1958. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. FeinsteinSpagnuoloGill ARMFA: The rebound phenomenon in acute rheumatic fever. I. Incidence and significance. Yale J. Biol. Med. (in press). Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Irvington-on-Hudson, New York*Received for publication January 3, 1961.From Irvington House, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., and Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, N. Y.†Advanced Research Fellow, American Heart Association.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Angelo Taranta, M.D., Irvington House, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInflammatory diseases of the subcutaneous fatPoststeroid Panniculitis in an AdultSubcutaneous FatPanniculitisPanniculitis. Part II. Mostly lobular panniculitisGrand rounds from lupus centers—Edited by R LahitaA Case of Post-steroid Panniculitis.Poststeroid Panniculitis: A Case ReportCYTOPHAGIC PANNlCULITISOral glucocorticoids and their complicationsPost-steroid panniculitis: Rare complication in the treatment of acute leukaemiaFever on drug-free day of alternate-day steroid therapyPanniculitisCase 17-1982POST-STEROID PANNICULITIS WITH CEREBRAL VASCULAR and PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS-REPORT OF AN AUTOPSY CASEPost-Steroid Panniculitis in Acute LeukemiaAdrenal glucocorticoids after twenty yearsA REVIEW OF THE CONCEPT OF WEBER-CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS WITH A REPORT OF FIVE CASESCorticosteroidsOn the Pharmacologic Actions of 21-Carbon Hormonal Steroids (“Glucocorticoids”) of the Adrenal Cortex in MammalsPOSTSTEROID NODULAR PANNICULITIS AND THE ERYTHEMA NODOSUM OF LEPROSYACTH and the corticosteroids in themanagement of allergic disorders in childrenRheumatism and Arthritis Review of American and English Literature of Recent Years (Sixteenth Rheumatism Review)CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROGER L. BLACK, M.D., CHARLES CHRISTIAN, M.D., MACK L. CLAYTON, M.D., F.A.C.S., DONALD F. HILL, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH LEE HOLLANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM M. MIKKELSEN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., CARL M. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., HUGH A. SMYTHE, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), L. EMMERSON WARD, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD J. WEINBERGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Current Concepts of the Pathogenesis of the So-Called Collagen Diseases 1 June 1961Volume 54, Issue 6Page: 1181-1190KeywordsErythemaHeartHormonesInfectious diseasesLesionsOsteoporosisPathogensSodiumSteroid therapy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...