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'''Brown fat''' is a type of adipose tissue | [[File:Hibernoma1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Micrograph]] of a [[hibernoma]], a [[tumour]] thought to arise from '''brown fat'''. [[H&E stain]].]] | ||
'''Brown fat''' is a type of adipose tissue. | |||
==General== | |||
*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''. | |||
==Gross== | |||
*Brown. | |||
Typical locations:<ref name=pmid31281288/> | |||
*Cervical-supraclavicular. | |||
*Periaortic - both thorax and the abdomen. | |||
*Perirenal. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Hibernoma]]. | *[[Hibernoma]]. | ||
*[[Adipocytic tumours]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:00, 22 April 2024
Brown fat is a type of adipose tissue.
General
- Brown fat gradually disappears with age.[1]
- May form a tumour - that has the imaginative name tumour of brown fat and is also known as hibernoma.
Gross
- Brown.
Typical locations:[1]
- Cervical-supraclavicular.
- Periaortic - both thorax and the abdomen.
- Perirenal.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zoico E, Rubele S, De Caro A, Nori N, Mazzali G, Fantin F, Rossi A, Zamboni M (2019). "Brown and Beige Adipose Tissue and Aging". Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 10: 368. doi:10.3389/fendo.2019.00368. PMC 6595248. PMID 31281288. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6595248/.