title: Hibernoma of the antero-lateral thigh.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital de la Conception, 147 Boulevard Baille, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Della Volpe
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salazard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casanova
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vacheret
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magalon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed