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Cellular Fatty Change (view source)
Revision as of 14:22, 15 February 2011
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[[Category:Myocardial_Pathology]][[Category:General Pathology]]
Cellular fatty change is an important intracellular abnormality where fatty substances accumulate or increase within the cytoplasm of specific cells.
Principally this pathology affects the intracellular fat in hepatocytes, but the kidney and the heart can also be involved in [[Cellular Fatty Change|cellular fatty changes]]. These organs are susceptible as they are involved in the metabolism of fat, or are dependant upon lipids as an energy source. In some instances, the fat stores may be involved in the transfer of fat to these specific cells.
Fatty change can be readily recognised at post-mortem.
[[Category:Degenerations and Infiltrations]]
[[Category:Myocardial_Pathology]]
[[Category:Cardiovascular_System_-_Metabolic_Pathology]]
[[Category:Cardiovascular_System_-_Metabolic_Pathology]]