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Dense scars may undergo hyaline degeneration and calcification. Atheroma in aorta and coronaries frequently undergo calcification. [3] [4] Cysts can show calcification. Calcinosis cutis is condition in which there are irregular nodular deposits of calcium salts in skin and subcutaneous tissue. Senile degenerative changes may be accompanied by ...
Fat necrosis is necrosis affecting fat tissue (adipose tissue). [1] The term is well-established in medical terminology despite not denoting a specific pattern of necrosis. [ 2 ] Fat necrosis may result from various injuries to adipose tissue, including: physical trauma, enzymatic digestion of adipocytes by lipases , [ 3 ] radiation therapy ...
Fibrosis, also known as fibrotic scarring, is a pathological wound healing in which connective tissue replaces normal parenchymal tissue to the extent that it goes unchecked, leading to considerable tissue remodelling and the formation of permanent scar tissue.
Fat necrosis is specialized necrosis of fat tissue, [10] resulting from the action of activated lipases on fatty tissues such as the pancreas. In the pancreas it leads to acute pancreatitis , a condition where the pancreatic enzymes leak out into the peritoneal cavity, and liquefy the membrane by splitting the triglyceride esters into fatty ...
Coagulative necrosis occurs in the heart or kidneys, leaving behind a "ghost" framework of the affected cells. In specific tissues, like the liver, necrotic areas may regenerate if the surrounding cells are viable. However, non-functional scar tissue and collagen replace necrotic tissue in organs like the heart or brain. Additionally ...
A kind of memory of obesity may be retained by fat tissues even after weight loss, increasing the chance of some people regaining it, a new study suggests.. The research, published in the journal ...
Fat necrosis is a condition in which the normal fat cells of the breast become round lumps. Symptoms can include pain, firmness, redness, and/or bruising. Fat necrosis usually goes away without treatment but can form permanent scar tissue that may show up as an abnormality on a mammogram. [8]
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization.