- Lipomatosis - how dangerous is the disease
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Development lipomatosis primarily associated with metabolic disorders. Lipomatosis is characterized by the formation of deposits of fat tissue, lipomas in the subcutaneous tissue. Lipomas can be arranged to have a connective tissue capsule or diffusely arranged, moving into the region without borders intact adipose tissue. The nature of the pathological process largely determines the severity of the clinical picture and influences the prognosis of the disease.
With what may be due to changes in metabolism
Until now it was not possible to find out the causes lipomatosis significantly, so we can talk about the impact of a number of causal factors that can lead to pathological changes in the level of metabolism. Fat deposits undergo enzymatic changes during lipolysis. If the process of destruction of fat lipolysis at a certain level is broken, it can cause the development of lipomatosis.
On the role of certain diseases is still no single point of view, but is actively discussed the role of diseases such as hypothyroidism
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Various diseases of the liver, pituitary dysfunction, and others. Development lipomatosis combined with metabolic disorders in diabetes, a number of metabolic diseases, so it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive examination of patients to identify the possible causal factor.
The role of hereditary factors also still actively debated among experts because it describes cases of family illness (family lipomatosis). His inheritance is going on in an autosomal dominant pattern. According to statistical data, it was found that men are more at risk for lipomatosis, men get sick more often.
What forms lipomatosis
Conventionally distinguish several clinical variants of the disease that are distinguished by the nature of the pathological process. Lipomatosis occurs in the following forms:
- nodular form
- diffuse form
- mixed form (diffuse nodular lipomatosis)
The presence of single lipomas in the subcutaneous tissue characteristic of the nodular form of the disease. The diffuse lipomatosis can conditionally indicate the severity of the pathological process. Multiple nodes lipomatous symmetrically or without a clear sequence determined on the trunk and extremities. Fatty growths cover different areas of the body, wherein lipoma can be formed within the internal organs.
Multiple lipomatosis has a slow flow, but described the cases of rapid growth of tumors. Lipomatosis develops in any period of human life. Separately emit diffuse form of the disease in childhood, which has its own peculiarities. Children lipomatous deposits are found in the form of a symmetrical formations on the forearms and thighs. There are some forms of lipomatosis, the development of which is associated with puberty
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. Metabolic disorder is hereditary, which is confirmed by genetic research.
Pathological changes in the internal organs when lipomatosis
Due to the metabolic excessive deposition of fatty tissue may occur in the internal organs. There is a replacement of normal tissue structure body fat tissue that became known as steatosis. These processes may affect the liver, pancreas and other organs. The most common pathological changes are transferred on the basis of the inflammatory process, when damaged cells due to inflammation begin to deposit fat.
Lipomatosis of the pancreas develops in patients who have not revealed the presence of pathology of the body. Experts have proved the fact of hereditary predisposition, so the study of family history at lipomatosis is a must for all the family members and close relatives. Have lipomatosis other sites is often combined with the processes of fatty degeneration of the pancreas.
People who have blood lipid disorders, overweight are at risk of developing this disease. In most clinical cases detected changes in organs during ultrasound examination of internal organs, while the clinical picture will be different symptoms of poor or even the absence of symptoms. This allows you to talk about the benign course of the disease. In rare cases, larger sizes lipomatous nodes are pressed pancreatic ducts, which can cause malfunction of the body.
Treatment of pancreatic lipomatosis
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It should be aimed at elimination of existing violations of lipid profile, which is used not only drugs, but also hold a rational diet therapy. To achieve the therapeutic effect is possible only if the integrated approach in the choice of tactics of the patient.
Role in the regulation of liver metabolism
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Including in fat metabolism. Because metabolic disorders fat accumulates in large amounts in the liver cells, causing changes in their functional activity. Lipomatosis liver has no specific symptoms, the symptoms may be present in the clinical picture of most diseases of the liver. Patients meet the following complaints:
- Pain dull character in the right hypochondrium
- decreased appetite
- deterioration in general well-being, malaise
Only in the course of the special examination of the patient can determine the cause, that is what has caused the emergence of the kind of changes in the level of hepatocytes. One of the most common causes of a fatty degeneration due to alcohol abuse.
Excessive alcohol consumption is a cause of increased revenues of fatty acids from adipose tissue. Modifications may also occur at the level of suppression of the oxidation of fatty acids and increase their synthesis in the liver. In some cases, you can not set the level of injury and the cause of violations, so talk about the idiopathic form. The most common is a globular fatty liver. There is atomized form.