1. [Hibernoma of the thigh].
- Author
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Fnini S, Arssi M, Hassoun J, Garche A, and Largab A
- Subjects
- Adipocytes pathology, Aged, Biopsy, Cell Division, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Lipoma diagnosis, Lipoma pathology, Male, Thigh pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Lipoma surgery, Thigh surgery
- 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., (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2011
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