ISCHÆMIC FAT NECROSIS

Fat Necrosis

Breast fat necrosis is a benign inflammatory process. Although it is often considered idiopathic, breast fat necrosis is usually caused by trauma, and many idiopathic cases are probably due to microtrauma. Trauma leading to breast fat necrosis can result from accidents or clinical treatment. Among accidental agents, injury from safety belts in traffic accidents is common. Iatrogenic agents incl...

Epipericardial fat necrosis.

A 57-year-old man with no cardiovascular risk factors or other disease history of interest developed acute chest pain without clear signs of angina. He came to the emergency department, where the results of the electrocardiogram and an initial test for markers of myocardial injury were normal. We performed cardiac computed tomography, which ruled out the existence of coronary artery lesions. Ho...

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Epipericardial fat necrosis.

Pericardial fat necrosis mimicking pyothorax.

A 34-year-old man was referred to our institution for treatment of pyothorax that had proven to be incurable with antibiotics. His symptom was acute left chest pain. Abnormal findings were absent in the laboratory data and an electrocardiogram. A chest radiograph showed a left pericardial shadow and pleural effusion (Picture A). Chest CT revealed a mass adjacent to the thickened pericardium wit...