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enzymatic fat necrosis
Focal areas of lipolysis secondary to release of activated pancreatic lipases into the pancreatic parenchyma & into the peritoneal cavity.
Calcium:fatty acid deposits result in grossly visible chalky white areas & basophilic deposits surrounded by inflammatory reaction histologically.
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necrosis
References
Cotran et al Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease,
5th ed. W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 1994 pg 16-17