Hibernoma: imaging characteristics of a rare benign soft tissue tumor.
Hibernoma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor of brown fat. Awareness of the MR imaging appearances of this lesion may allow for improved preoperative diagnosis or at least inclusion of hibernoma as a possible benign differential diagnosis prior to surgery.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. suzanne.anderson@insel.ch
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Stauffer
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Steinbach
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography