Your subcutaneous tissue is the deepest layer of your skin. The prefix “sub” comes from the Latin word meaning under, and the word cutaneous derives from the Latin word “cutis,” which means skin.

THE purpose of this paper is to report a case of mediastinal, subcutaneous and probable subpericardial emphysema treated by recompression, with subsequent recovery. On February 11, 1958, a 19-year-old ...

A nine-year-old girl presented to the emergency department in the fall of 2009 with a one-week history of cough, neck swelling, sore throat and mild diarrhea, but no fever or vomiting. She had a ...

Hewitt, H. The Quantitative Transplantation of Sarcoma 37 into Subcutaneous Air Pouches in Mice. Br J Cancer 10, 564–569 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1956.67 ...

Repeated insulin shots at the same site can seed amyloid; consider this diagnosis if absorption seems erratic or glucose control worsens with a persistent lump.