Intramuscular Hibernoma: A Rare Tumour in Buttock.
Hibernomas are benign tumours of brown fat that does not recur after complete excision. These tumours are found most often in adults and most commonly in thigh. Four morphologic variants of hibernoma are identified: typical, myxoid, spindle cell, and lipoma-like. The most common histologic type is typical variant. In this report, we present the clinical, morphological features and discuss the differential diagnosis of a typical variant of intramuscular hibernoma.
Demonstrator, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College , Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India .
Reena
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Naik
Professor and HOD, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College , Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India .
Kishori Moni
KM
Panda
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Government Medical College , Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India .
Anil Ku
AK
Kushwaha
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College , Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India .
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Agrawal
Brown fat cells; Lipoblasts