[Sclerosing lipogranuloma (with lipid pseudocysts)]

A case of sclerosing lipogranuloma (with oil pseudocysts) in a 38-year old woman is described. The disease started at the age of 16 as extensive foci with local inflammatory manifestations on the legs. Later on, it took the form of relapsing disseminations of tiny fibrous nodules with no inflammatory manifestations. Judging from literary data and his own observations, the author describes sclerotizing lipogranuloma as an independent pathological involvement of the subcutis quite distinct from histologically identical lesions caused by exogenous lipids (paraffinomas).