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Fig. 12 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 12

From: Imaging spectrum of abnormal subcutaneous and visceral fat distribution

Fig. 12

A 59-year-old woman with post blunt trauma lipoatrophy on the right upper arm. a Axial T2-weighted and (b) STIR images show thinning of subcutaneous fat on the lateral aspects (arrows) with multiple high signal nodules (small arrows) showing small peripheral fat signal areas. c Photograph shows thinning of the lateral aspect of the upper arm with small hump (arrow). d Histologically fat necrosis with lipogranuloma was proven. Variably sized lipid vacuoles are surrounded by foam cells, foreign body-type (arrows), and Touton giant cells (arrowhead) in the resected lipogranuloma. A adipocytes, F fibrosis (hematoxylin-eosin stain, × 100)

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