|
KMID : 0358820080350030325
|
|
Journal of Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
2008 Volume.35 No. 3 p.325 ~ p.328
|
|
|
Treatment of Steatocystoma Multiplex on Whole Body: A Case Report.
|
|
Jang Pal-Young
Shin Sang-Ho
Lee Kyung-Suk
Kim Nam-Gyun
Kim Jun-Sik
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
PURPOSE: Steatocystoma multiplex is a rare benign disease that occurred multiply on whole body surface. Many physicians have tried managing steatocystoma in variable methods. However it is hard to define the optimal way to cure steatocystoma. We performed both aspiration and excisional method to study the usefulness of both methods.
METHODS: A 28-year-old woman has asymptomatic multiple subcutaneous nodules on whole body. Most lesions were aspirated with 26-guage needled 3cc syringe but large and purulent three nodules were excised.
RESULTS: We diagnosed the lesion histologically as steatocystoma multiplex. Aspirated wound healed without scar, excised wound remained scar but esthetically acceptable. Axillary lesion contained so clustered type cysts that was difficult to aspirate whole cyst. Thus additional excisional method was needed.
CONCLUSION: There are many practical methods to cure steatocystoma. However, there is no appropriate method to cure it. Therefore we should select different therapeutic method according to anatomical location and cyst size. Especially at subcutaneous fat-rich lesion like axilla and abdomen, it is better to excise the clustered cyst than to aspirate.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Steatocystoma multiplex, Whole body
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
  
|