Intrathoracic hibernoma: a case with multimodality imaging correlation

J Thorac Imaging. 2011 Feb;26(1):W20-2. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181e35acd.

Abstract

Hibernomas are rare heterogeneous fatty tumors arising from brown fat precursors. Intrathoracic hibernomas are extremely rare. We detail a case of pathologically proven intrathoracic hibernoma in a 67-year-old woman. Chest radiography, computed tomography, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, and angiography are presented. A short review of the literature and discussion of imaging and histologic diagnosis of hibernomas are provided.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / diagnosis*
  • Lipoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiography, Thoracic*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed