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'''Cellulitis''' is an acute inflammatory process of the dermis and/or subcutis due to an infection.<ref>{{Ref Derm|122}}</ref><ref name=pmid21410612>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bailey | first1 = E. | last2 = Kroshinsky | first2 = D. | title = Cellulitis: diagnosis and management. | journal = Dermatol Ther | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 229-39 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2011.01398.x | PMID = 21410612 }}</ref>
'''Cellulitis''' is an acute inflammatory process of the dermis and/or subcutis due to an infection.<ref>{{Ref Derm|122}}</ref><ref name=pmid21410612>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bailey | first1 = E. | last2 = Kroshinsky | first2 = D. | title = Cellulitis: diagnosis and management. | journal = Dermatol Ther | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 229-39 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2011.01398.x | PMID = 21410612 }}</ref> It is rarely biopsied.


==General==
==General==
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*Papular urticaria.
*Papular urticaria.
*[[Metastatic disease]].<ref name=pmid24463287>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jang | first1 = YH. | last2 = Lim | first2 = do H. | last3 = Kim | first3 = YH. | last4 = Suh | first4 = WY. | last5 = Park | first5 = KW. | last6 = Song | first6 = IH. | last7 = Lee | first7 = SI. | title = [Early gastric cancer with cellulitis-like skin metastasis]. | journal = Korean J Gastroenterol | volume = 63 | issue = 1 | pages = 39-41 | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi =  | PMID = 24463287 }}</ref>
*[[Metastatic disease]].<ref name=pmid24463287>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jang | first1 = YH. | last2 = Lim | first2 = do H. | last3 = Kim | first3 = YH. | last4 = Suh | first4 = WY. | last5 = Park | first5 = KW. | last6 = Song | first6 = IH. | last7 = Lee | first7 = SI. | title = [Early gastric cancer with cellulitis-like skin metastasis]. | journal = Korean J Gastroenterol | volume = 63 | issue = 1 | pages = 39-41 | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi =  | PMID = 24463287 }}</ref>
*Deep vein thrombosis.<ref name=pmid21410612/>
*[[Panniculitis]].<ref name=pmid21410612/>
==Gross==
Features:
*Swelling.
*Erythema.
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Cellulitis Of The Leg.jpg |Cellulitis. (WC/Pshawnoah)
</gallery>
==Microscopic==
Features:
*Neurophil predominant perivascular inflammation.<ref name=pmid18418089>{{cite journal |author=Brinster NK |title=Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part I) |journal=Adv Anat Pathol |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=76–96 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18418089 |doi=10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181664e8d |url=}}</ref>
DDx:<ref name=pmid18418089/>
*Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis (idiopathic palmar-plantar hidradenitis).
*Urticaria - also has [[eosinophils]].


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ccjm.org/uploads/media/media_7d03d97_547.pdf Cellulitis and its clinical mimics (ccjm.org)].


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