Hibernoma of the antero-lateral thigh.
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.
Della Volpe
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital de la Conception, 147 Boulevard Baille, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
Salazard
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Casanova
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Vacheret
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Bartoli
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Magalon
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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