title: Cervicomediastinal hibernoma.
abstract: Hibernoma is a benign soft-tissue tumor, derived from the brown fat, that often presents as a painless, slow-growing mass. About 100 cases of hibernomas have been reported in the world literature. Seven cases of intrathoracic hibernoma are reported, of which only 1 was located in the mediastinal region. That tumor was an intramediastinal hibernoma with a cervicomediastinal location, which was excised through an extended left supraclavicular incision without the necessity to perform a sternotomy. No recurrence was evident after 18 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, IRCCS, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santambrogio
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cioffi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nosotti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pavoni
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonavina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*