1. [Hibernoma of the thigh]
- Author
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S, Fnini, M, Arssi, J, Hassoun, A, Garche, and A, Largab
- Subjects
Diagnosis, Differential ,Male ,Thigh ,Biopsy ,Adipocytes ,Humans ,Lipoma ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Cell Division ,Aged - 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.
- Published
- 2009