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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Chronic cold damage in the submental region mostly in the case of double chin.
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Circulation disturbance caused by cold with edema formation in the subcutaneous fatty tissue.
ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
Occurs in children and obese women.
LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.
Strictly median, just below the chin.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Initially pulling pain, formation of a nodular, thumbnail-sized induration in the subcutaneous fatty tissue, which can be moved on the support, with overlying, successively infiltrated, bulging, pale, possibly pink, pressure painful skin.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Usually regression. If further frost damage is avoided, healing within 2-3 weeks, sometimes with scarring.
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Recovery within 2-3 weeks if further frost damage is avoided.
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Please ask your physician for a reliable diagnosis. This website is only meant as a reference.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer