Case of hibernoma in the right supraclavicular fossa |
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| Authors: | Marilyn Neufeld Shaun Medlicott Duncan Nickerson |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Faculty of Medicine, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Calgary and Calgary Regional Health Authority, Calgary, Alberta;2.Department of Pathology, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Calgary and Calgary Regional Health Authority, Calgary, Alberta;3.Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Calgary and Calgary Regional Health Authority, Calgary, Alberta |
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| Abstract: | A patient with a supraclavicular mass originally diagnosed as a lipoma who was referred to a plastic surgeon for definitive treatment is presented. Gross intraoperative findings were inconsistent with lipoma, and subsequent pathological evaluation revealed the mass to be a hibernoma (a benign, brown adipose tumour). The incidence, etiology, presentation, pathology and imaging characteristics of this somewhat rare soft tissue tumour are reviewed. |
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| Keywords: | Fatty tumour Hibernoma Lipoma Pleomorphic |
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