title: Symptomatic hibernoma: a rare soft tissue tumor.
abstract: Hibernomas are benign soft tissue tumors containing prominent brown adipocytes that resemble normal brown fat. Hibernomas have not been associated with malignant potential; however, they are similar in clinical presentation to malignant tumors like liposarcomas. This article describes the clinical, radiographic, and histologic features of a patient with a hibernoma arising from the left superior flank.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA. daniel.c.derosa@us.army.mil
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: DeRosa
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lin-Hurtubise
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult