Hemorrhagic panniculitis caused by atheromatous embolization. A case report and brief review.

This brief review of the phenomenon of atheromatous emboli to the skin was prompted by the observation of a specimen in which a sizable mass of hemorrhagic panniculitis clinically simulated a "cyst" or "tumor" in a woman aged 90 years. While atheromatous embolization in other organs is well known and has been described in detail, the phenomenon in the skin has infrequently been reported, and therefore the attention of dermatopathologists is once more drawn to this occurrence.