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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fat_atrophy_-_very_high_mag.jpg Serous fat atrophy - very high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fat_atrophy_-_very_high_mag.jpg Serous fat atrophy - very high mag. (WC)].


==Associations<ref name=pmid19567708/>==
==Associations==
Seen in:<ref name=pmid19567708/>
*Acute febrile states.
*Acute febrile states.
*AIDS.
*[[AIDS]].
*Alcoholism.
*[[Alcoholism]].
*Anorexia nervosa.
*Anorexia nervosa.
*Cachexia.
*Cachexia.
*Carcinomas.
*Carcinomas.
*Chronic heart failure.
*Chronic heart failure.
*Lymphoma.
*[[Lymphoma]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 05:07, 29 March 2012

Starvation is due to lack of food, inability or lack of desire to eat.

Gross

  • Serous fat atrophy:[1]
    • Soft brown/myxoid material replaces fat.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Globular cells 3-4x a RBC with:
    • Clear cytoplasm.
    • One small peripheral nucleus.

DDx:

Images:

Associations

Seen in:[1]

  • Acute febrile states.
  • AIDS.
  • Alcoholism.
  • Anorexia nervosa.
  • Cachexia.
  • Carcinomas.
  • Chronic heart failure.
  • Lymphoma.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Munfus DL, Menke DM (July 2009). "Case of severe serous fat atrophy". Mayo Clin. Proc. 84 (7): 570. doi:10.4065/84.7.570. PMC 2704126. PMID 19567708. http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/84/7/570.full.
  2. Clarke, BE.; Brown, DJ.; Xipell, JM. (Jan 1983). "Gelatinous transformation of the bone marrow.". Pathology 15 (1): 85-8. PMID 6222282.