Case of hibernoma in the right supraclavicular fossa.
A patient with a supraclavicular mass originally diagnosed as a lipoma who was referred to a plastic surgeon for definitive treatment is presented. Gross intraoperative findings were inconsistent with lipoma, and subsequent pathological evaluation revealed the mass to be a hibernoma (a benign, brown adipose tumour). The incidence, etiology, presentation, pathology and imaging characteristics of this somewhat rare soft tissue tumour are reviewed.
Faculty of Medicine, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Calgary and Calgary Regional Health Authority, Calgary, Alberta.
Marilyn
M
Neufeld
Shaun
S
Medlicott
Duncan
D
Nickerson
Fatty tumour; Hibernoma; Lipoma; Pleomorphic