Cervicomediastinal hibernoma.
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.
Santambrogio
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Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, IRCCS, University of Milan, Italy.
Cioffi
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De Simone
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Nosotti
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Pavoni
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Caputo
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Bonavina
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*