| Normal adipose tissue
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Etiology
•N/A
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Pathogenesis
•N/A,
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Epidemiology
•N/A
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General Gross Description
•Normal adipose tissue is grossly lobulated and
yellowish in color.
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
•Microscopically, it is composed of typical polygonal
cells that can range up to 120 microns in diameter.
•The entire volume of the cell is usually taken up by a
single large droplet of lipid.
•This droplet of lipid is surrounded by a thin rim of
eosinophilic staining cytoplasm.
•The overall microscopic appearance is of a thin, lacy
network of cytoplasm, separated by large polygonal,
empty spaces.
•Adipocyte nuclei are dark staining and highly
compressed.
•Fat is supplied by relatively abundant blood vessels
that course between the adipocytes in the corners made
by adjacent cells.
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
•N/A
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References
Bloom and Fawcett: A textbook of Histology. 12th
Edition. Chapman & Hall. 1994. pp 170
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| Normal adipose tissue
| | Synopsis by: T.V.Rajan, M.D., Ph.D. (T1X010M00100)[586]
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