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    Fat Necrosis of the Mouse Mammary Gland

    Definition 1

    Lesion in the mammary gland that is a focal area of necrosis (death) of the fat cells. It is generally associated with macrophages with small lipid vacuoles in their cytoplasm and multinucleated giant cells. (NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

    Definition 2

    With time, the areas of fat necrosis will become fibrotic. (NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)




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