title: High 2-deoxy-2[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose uptake on positron emission tomography in hibernoma originally thought to be myxoid liposarcoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the study is to describe the rare tumor on 2-deoxy-2[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33-year-old male was diagnosed with high uptake lesion on FDG-PET scanning, which was found to be hibernoma on excision.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hibernoma, originally confused with liposarcoma based on its PET and computed tomography presentation, was excised and correctly identified by pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although found to be benign, radiological and FDG-PET scanning results were indistinguishable from malignancy, and biopsy is required to exclude neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, 3535 Southern Boulevard, Kettering, OH 45429, USA. joseph.mantil@kmcnetwork.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Percy
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dowdy
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mantil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018208:Liposarcoma, Myxoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18