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*Brown fat gradually disappears with age.<ref name=pmid31281288>{{cite journal |authors=Zoico E, Rubele S, De Caro A, Nori N, Mazzali G, Fantin F, Rossi A, Zamboni M |title=Brown and Beige Adipose Tissue and Aging |journal=Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) |volume=10 |issue= |pages=368 |date=2019 |pmid=31281288 |pmc=6595248 |doi=10.3389/fendo.2019.00368 |url=}}</ref> | *Brown fat gradually disappears with age.<ref name=pmid31281288>{{cite journal |authors=Zoico E, Rubele S, De Caro A, Nori N, Mazzali G, Fantin F, Rossi A, Zamboni M |title=Brown and Beige Adipose Tissue and Aging |journal=Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) |volume=10 |issue= |pages=368 |date=2019 |pmid=31281288 |pmc=6595248 |doi=10.3389/fendo.2019.00368 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*May form a tumour - that has the imaginative name ''[[tumour of brown fat]]'' and is also known as ''hibernoma''. | *May form a tumour - that has the imaginative name ''[[tumour of brown fat]]'' and is also known as ''hibernoma''. | ||
==Gross== | |||
*Brown. | |||
Typical locations:<ref name=pmid31281288/> | |||
*Cervical-supraclavicular. | |||
*Periaortic - both thorax and the abdomen. | |||
*Perirenal. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||