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| ==Abdominal pannus== | | ==Abdominal pannus== |
| {{Main|Obesity}} | | {{Main|Abdominal pannus}} |
| :''Pannus'' redirects here.
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| ===General===
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| *An apron-like excess of skin - following weight loss.<ref>URL: [http://plasticsurgery.about.com/od/glossary/g/panniculectomy.htm http://plasticsurgery.about.com/od/glossary/g/panniculectomy.htm]. Accessed on: 18 July 2012.</ref>
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| *Seen in [[obesity]].
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| ===Gross===
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| *Skin with abundant fat.
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| **Pieces usually triangular.
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| **Stretch marks (striae) are very common.
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| Notes:
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| *The [[gross pathology]] section of the report should say something like: ''On sectioning no lesions were identified''.
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| *The [[cut-up]] is described in ''[[abdominal pannus grossing]]''.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| *Adipose tissue.
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| DDx:
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| *[[Lipoma]].
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| *[[Liposarcoma]].
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| ===Sign out===
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| <pre>
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| ABDOMINAL PANNUS, EXCISION:
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| - BENIGN SKIN AND ADIPOSE TISSUE.
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| </pre>
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| <pre>
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| ABDOMINAL PANNUS, EXCISION:
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| - DERMAL SCAR, BENIGN SKIN AND ADIPOSE TISSUE.
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| </pre>
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| ====Gross only====
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| <pre>
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| ABDOMINAL PANNUS, EXCISION:
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| - BENIGN SKIN AND ADIPOSE TISSUE (GROSS ONLY).
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| </pre>
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| ==Empyema== | | ==Empyema== |