A lipomatous chest wall lesion: hibernoma
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[en] Full text: A hibernoma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor derived from brown fat. The tumor is also known as 'fetal' lipoma, lipoma of embriogenic fat and lipoma of immature adipose tissue. Hibernomas are slow growing, painless soft tissue tumors which do not recur after surgical resection. Preferred locations are brown fat containing sites as thigh, inter scapular region, shoulder, axilla and mediastinum. The tumor occurs most commonly in adults, with a mean age of 38 years (age range, 2-75 years). We present a rare case of hibernoma with radiological and pathological findings
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10. Balkan Congress of Radiology; 10. Balkanski Kongres po Radiologiya; Sandanski (Bulgaria); 1-4 Nov 2012; Collection of abstracts
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Rentgenologiya i Radiologiya; ISSN 0486-400X; ; v. 51(3); p. 246
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