A female infant who was anoxic at birth had lesions of subcutaneous fat necrosis at the age of 16 days. She also had problems with poor feeding, frequent vomiting, and failure to thrive. Hypercalcemia was discovered at the age of 28 days and she died at 11 1/2 weeks despite return of the serum calcium level to normal with oral prednisone therapy and a diet low in calcium and devoid of vitamin D. Fourteen other cases of idiopathic hypercalcemia in patients with subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn have been reported. Most of these infants were full-term with prenatal complications. The hypercalcemia was usually diagnosed much later than the subcutaneous fat necrosis. Both conditions generally resolved without sequelae, but two of the 14 infants died. The causal relation between these two entities, if one exists, remains unknown. Infants with subcutaneous fat necrosis should have serial serum calcium determinations and should be observed closely for signs and symptoms of hypercalcemia, which include irritability, anorexia, constipation, and failure to thrive.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|
J Biomed Opt
January 2025
Texas A&M University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas, United States.
Significance: Accurate values of skin optical properties are essential for developing reliable computational models and optimizing optical imaging systems. However, published values show a large variability due to a variety of factors, including differences in sample collection, preparation, experimental methodology, and analysis.
Aim: We aim to explore the influence of storage conditions on the optical properties of the excised skin from 400 to 1100 nm.
J Vet Med Sci
January 2025
Department of Bioresource Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University.
Ovariectomized (OVX) mice serve as a key model for studying postmenopausal metabolic changes, particularly obesity, as they mimic the hormonal state of postmenopausal women. However, our understanding remains limited regarding how hormonal and dietary factors affect different adipose tissues. Furthermore, precise documentation of experimental procedures and their effects on specific adipose tissue depots is essential for reproducible translational research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChild Obes
January 2025
Department of Pediactrics, The Children's Obesity Clinic, Accredited European Centre for Obesity Management, Copenhagen University Hospital Holbæk, Holbæk, Denmark.
Steatotic liver disease (SLD) represents a multisystem disease and is a common complication of childhood obesity. We studied fat content at the abdominal level (liver, subcutaneous, and visceral) and the response to childhood obesity management. In this retrospective longitudinal study, 8-18-year-olds with a body mass index (BMI) z-score above 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuant Imaging Med Surg
January 2025
Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Fatty acid can potentially serve as biomarker for evaluating metabolic disorder and inflammation condition, and quantifying the double bonds is the key for revealing fatty acid information. This study presents an assessment of a deep learning approach utilizing deep image prior (DIP) for the quantification of double bonds and methylene-interrupted double bonds of triglyceride derived from chemical-shift encoded multi-echo gradient echo images, all achieved without the necessity for network training. The methodology implemented a cost function grounded in signal constraints to continually refine the neural network's parameters on a single slice of images through iterative processes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuant Imaging Med Surg
January 2025
Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Background: Deep learning (DL)-based adipose tissue segmentation methods have shown great performance and efficacy for adipose tissue distribution analysis using magnetic resonance (MR) images, an important indicator of metabolic health and disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of whole-body adipose tissue distribution analysis using proton density fat fraction (PDFF) images at different MR strengths.
Methods: A total of 24 volunteers were imaged using both 1.
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!