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'''Starvation''' is due to lack of food, inability or lack of desire to eat. | '''Starvation''' is due to lack of food, inability or lack of desire to eat. | ||
==General== | |||
Associations:<ref name=pmid19567708/> | |||
*Acute febrile states. | |||
*[[AIDS]]. | |||
*[[Alcoholism]]. | |||
*Anorexia nervosa. | |||
*Cachexia. | |||
*Carcinomas. | |||
*Chronic heart failure. | |||
*[[Lymphoma]]. | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fat_atrophy_-_intermed_mag.jpg Serous fat atrophy - intermed mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fat_atrophy_-_intermed_mag.jpg Serous fat atrophy - intermed mag. (WC)]. | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fat_atrophy_-_very_high_mag.jpg Serous fat atrophy - very high mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fat_atrophy_-_very_high_mag.jpg Serous fat atrophy - very high mag. (WC)]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 05:08, 29 March 2012
Starvation is due to lack of food, inability or lack of desire to eat.
General
Associations:[1]
- Acute febrile states.
- AIDS.
- Alcoholism.
- Anorexia nervosa.
- Cachexia.
- Carcinomas.
- Chronic heart failure.
- Lymphoma.
Gross
Microscopic
Features:
- Globular cells 3-4x a RBC with:
- Clear cytoplasm.
- One small peripheral nucleus.
DDx:
Images:
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Munfus DL, Menke DM (July 2009). "Case of severe serous fat atrophy". Mayo Clin. Proc. 84 (7): 570. doi:10.4065/84.7.570. PMC 2704126. PMID 19567708. http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/84/7/570.full.
- ↑ Clarke, BE.; Brown, DJ.; Xipell, JM. (Jan 1983). "Gelatinous transformation of the bone marrow.". Pathology 15 (1): 85-8. PMID 6222282.