title: [Hibernoma of the thigh].
abstract: Hibernoma is a rare benign tumour of brown fat. 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: Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique, pavillon 32, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc. sfnini@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fnini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arssi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hassoun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Largab
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002455:Cell Division; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013848:Thigh / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed