Hibernoma: A rare benign tumor

• Main Authors: R Thriveni (Author), Sunitha Bhosle (Author), D N S. V. Ramesh (Author), A H Praveen (Author)
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• Udgivet: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hibernomas are rare soft-tissue benign neoplasms composed of brown adipose tissue. In 1906, Merkel named these tumors Pseudolipoma, then in 1914, Grey coined the term as Hibernoma because of its similarity to brown fat in hibernating animal species. Symptoms secondary to extrinsic compression of nei...