[Hibernoma of the thigh].
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.
Fnini
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Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique, pavillon 32, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc. sfnini@hotmail.com
Arssi
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Hassoun
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Garche
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Largab
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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