| Fat necrosis | |
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Fat necrosis is a form of necrosis characterized by the action upon fat by digestive enzymes.[1]
In fat necrosis, the released fatty acids combine with calcium to form soaps. These soaps appear as white chalky deposits[2].
It is usually associated with trauma of the pancreas or acute pancreatitis.[3] [2]
It can also occur in the breast.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Cell Injury". http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CINJHTML/CINJ026.html.
- ^ a b Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; & Mitchell, Richard N. (2007). Robbins Basic Pathology (8th ed.). Saunders Elsevier. pp. 10-11 ISBN 978-1-4160-2973-1
- ^ fat necrosis at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ Lövey K, Fodor J, Major T, et al. (November 2007). "Fat necrosis after partial-breast irradiation with brachytherapy or electron irradiation versus standard whole-breast radiotherapy--4-year results of a randomized trial". Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 69 (3): 724–31. doi:. PMID 17524571. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360-3016(07)00649-9.
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