Hibernoma-case report and literature review.
Hibernoma is an uncommon benign fatty tumor that arises from the vestiges of fetal brown fat. We present a case report of a hibernoma of the back in a symptomatic 42-year-old man and describe the important clinical, histopathologic, and imaging findings. Computed tomography shows a well-defined hypodense mass with septations. Magnetic resonance imaging shows intermediate T1 and bright T2 signal of the mass and also demonstrates the characteristic marked contrast enhancement.
Evers
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Department of Plastic, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Luebeck, Medical Center, Luebeck, Germany. levers@gmx.net
Gebhard
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Lange
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Siemers
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Mailänder
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D000328:Adult; D001415:Back / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed