Open AccessHibernoma: A missed diagnosis!!
Author(s) -
Sunita D Patil,
Abdul Sheik,
Vishal Vishnu Tewari,
Deepti Mutreja
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_577_18
Subject(s) - histopathological examination , lipoma , liposarcoma , medicine , thigh , soft tissue , myxoid liposarcoma , surgical excision , radiology , pathology , surgery , sarcoma
Hibernoma is a rare, benign soft tissue tumor described in <200 case reports/case series. It is slow-growing, painless, and commonly mistaken for lipoma or liposarcoma. Histopathological diagnosis is must for confirmation. Total excision is the treatment of choice. We present a rare case of hibernoma of thigh, which was initially misdiagnosed as atypical lipomatous tumor/well-differentiated liposarcoma on imaging, which turned out to be a hibernoma on histopathological examination.