Case ReportInternational Journal of Research in Orthopaedics
Publication: Hibernoma of the thigh: a case report and literature review
Int J Res Orthop. 2025;11(3):659-661.DOI10.18203/issn.2455-4510.IntJResOrthop20251154
Abstract
Hibernoma is a rare benign tumor 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 tumor, whose differential diagnosis of liposarcoma.
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- Abdelmalek Essaadi University Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tangier, La Nouvelle Ville Ibn Batouta, Tanger, Tanger-Assilah, Morocco
