"Because hypermetabolic brown adipose tissue is typically bilateral and symmetric and corresponds on PET-CT images to fat areas, the appearance is rarely confused with malignancy. The acronym “USA-fat” (uptake in supraclavicular area fat) has been proposed to portray this typical appearance."
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"Clinical importance"
"Brown adipose tissue (BAT) (also known as brown fat) is one of two types of adipose tissue (the other one being white fat) important for producing thermal energy (heat, non-shivering thermogenesis), especially in the newborn. It constitutes ~5% of body mass in the newborn and tends to reduce markedly in volume in adulthood. It is important to know for the radiologist and/or nuclear medicine physician as a potential source of error on FDG-PET."
"A retrospective study of PET scans from more than 52,000 patients found that those with brown adipose tissue, were significantly less likely to have type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, including ischaemic stroke, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure 7."
"A retrospective study of PET scans from more than 52,000 patients found that those with brown adipose tissue, were significantly less likely to have type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, including ischaemic stroke, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure 7."