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fat necrosis [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A condition in which the neutral fats in the cells of adipose tissue are split into fatty acids and glycerol; it usually affects the pancreas and peripancreatic fat in acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Nécrose ou mort du tissu adipeux.

CONT

Les panniculites intra-abdominales sont des lésions rares, inflammatoires, pseudotumorales correspondant à des foyers de stéatonécrose et de lipophagie situés dans le mésocolon et/ou le mésentère.

Key term(s)
  • nécrose graisseuse
  • cytostéatonécrose

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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