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→Cellular Fatty Change
* DOES NOT REFER TO THE THE FAT STORES OF THE BODY!
* DOES NOT REFER TO THE THE FAT STORES OF THE BODY!
** Fatty substances accumulate or increase within the cytoplams of specific cells.
** In some instances, the fat stores may be involved in the transfer of fat to these specific cells.
* Cellular fatty change is an important intracellular abnormality.
* Cellular fatty change is an important intracellular abnormality.
** Principally concerns the intracellular fat in hepatocytes.
** Principally concerns the intracellular fat in hepatocytes.
* Fatty change is commonly seen in three organs of the body.
** Prinicpally in the '''liver'''.
** Also in the '''kidney''' and the '''heart'''.
** This is because these organs are either:
*** Involved in the metabolism of fat, or
*** Dependant upon lipids as an energy source.
* Fatty change can be readily recognised at post-mortem.
====Appearance of Fatty Change====
Fatty change is commonly seen in three organs of the body, i.e. principally in the liver but
Liver: this is the predominant organ
Liver: this is the predominant organ
involved in fatty change.
involved in fatty change.