Fat necrosis can be caused by an injury or blow to the breast.

This is called fat necrosis of the breast.

This giant cell formation has been seen in lipid-laden or more known fat necrosis.

Fatty tissue found deep in the skin might die (fat necrosis)

Pancreatic enzymes (lipases) are the major cause of fat necrosis.

Fat necrosis is a benign condition and typically occurs 4-12 months after treatment and affects about 2% of patients.

Fat necrosis is a condition in which the normal fat cells of the breast become round lumps.

Recurrent ulceration and fat necrosis is associated with lipodermatosclerosis.

Acute fat necrosis can occur, especially at the ankle of overweight patients with varicose veins.

Fat necrosis usually goes away without treatment but can form permanent scar tissue that may show up as an abnormality on a mammogram.

Fat necrosis is sometimes seen following a motor vehicle accident in which the seat belt has forcefully squeezed the breast.

Other risks include infections, scars, blisters and burns, as well as the potential fat necrosis.

A classical presentation includes subcutaneous nodules (due to fat necrosis) and arthralgias.

In fat necrosis the enzyme lipase releases fatty acids from triglycerides.

Traumatic fat necrosis.

Subcutaneous fat necrosis may refer to:

Minimal inflammation helps distinguish sclerema neonaturum from subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn.

Damaged fatty tissue (fat necrosis).

The mycobacterium produces a toxin, named mycolactone, which causes this fat necrosis and inhibits an immune response.

Touton giant cells are seen in lesions with high lipid content such as fat necrosis, xanthoma, and xanthogranulomas.

Fat necrosis is a form of necrosis characterized by the action upon fat by digestive enzymes.

In the case of breast brachytherapy, fat necrosis may occur as a result of fatty acids entering the breast tissues.

Possible reasons for such ureteric obstruction include periureteric fat necrosis by pancreatic enzymes and compression by the inflammatory mass.

Fat necrosis may occur after a bruise or other injury to the chest or breast and can occur from weeks to years after an injury.

Fat necrosis is specialized necrosis of fat tissue, resulting from the action of activated lipases on fatty tissues such as the pancreas.