Imaging of Hypodermal Fat Necrosis
摘要
Fat necrosis is a benign inflammatory condition of the adipose tissue that can commonly affect the hypodermis. The usage of imaging in fat necrosis may support the clinical diagnosis especially when lumps or bumps are found on clinical examination or the differential diagnosis with a malignant entity should be performed. This chapter discusses the application of common imaging modalities, its general principles, indications, advantages, and disadvantages.