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 enzyme lipase releases fatty acids from triglycerides. The fatty acids then complex 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.[2][3]
It can also occur in the breast,[4] the salivary glands[5] and neonates after a traumatic delivery.
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- ↑ "Cell Injury".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ↑
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
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