Hibernoma of the antero-lateral thigh

Hibernoma is a rare benign tumour of brown fat. In most cases it presents as a voluminous slow-growing mass in the regions where remnants of brown fat can remain in adults. We report a case of a hibernoma on the thigh and present the diagnostic and therapeutic elements of this type of tumour, whose...

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Published inBritish journal of plastic surgery Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 859 - 861
Main Authors Della Volpe, C., Salazard, B., Casanova, D., Vacheret, H., Bartoli, J.F., Magalon, G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2005
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Brown fat
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatty tumour
Female
Hibernoma
Humans
Lipoma - diagnosis
Lipoma - surgery
Liposarcoma - diagnosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Sarcoma
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnosis
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Thigh
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Fatty tumour
Brown fat
Hibernoma
Sarcoma
Human
Thigh
Brown adipose tissue
Malignant tumor
Case study
Treatment
Surgery
Adipose tissue disorders
Benign neoplasm
Lipoma
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Summary:Hibernoma is a rare benign tumour of brown fat. In most cases it presents as a voluminous slow-growing mass in the regions where remnants of brown fat can remain in adults. We report a case of a hibernoma on the thigh and present the diagnostic and therapeutic elements of this type of tumour, whose differential diagnosis of liposarcoma.
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ISSN:0007-1226
1465-3087
DOI:10.1016/j.bjps.2005.01.020