title: Hibernoma: 18F FDG PET/CT imaging.
abstract: The patient was a 40-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma of the left posterior thigh. Follow-up positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) examination revealed an intensely FDG-avid lesion that predominantly contained fat in the right postero-lateral chest wall involving the latissimus dorsi. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirate and core biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of hibernoma rather than melanoma metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. Subramaniam.rathan@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Rathan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karantanis
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18