Fat necrosis occurs in?
Correct Answer: Omentum
Description: Heart & kidney - coagulative necrosis
Brain - liquefactive necrosis
Fat necrosis
Fat necrosis is of two types:-
1) Enzymatic fat necrosis
It is the most common type and is due to the action of lipase on adipose tissue. The most common cause is acute pancreatitis. The common sites of fat necrosis are adipose tissue contiguous to the pancreas(retroperitoneal fat); anterior mediastinum, bone marrow, omentum and abdominal fat
2) Traumatic (non-enzymatic) fat necrosis
It occurs due to trauma in the subcutaneous tissue of breast, thigh and abdomen
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