hibernoma
Sign in to saveA hibernoma is a benign neoplasm of vestigial brown fat. They were first described under the name 'pseudolipoma' by the German physician H. Merkel in 1906 and the term hibernoma was proposed by the French anatomist Louis Gery in 1914 because of its resemblance to brown fat in hibernating animals.
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A hibernoma is a benign neoplasm of vestigial brown fat. They were first described under the name 'pseudolipoma' by the German physician H. Merkel in 1906 and the term hibernoma was proposed by the French anatomist Louis Gery in 1914 because of its resemblance to brown fat in hibernating animals.
== Signs and symptoms == Patients present with a slow-growing, painless, solitary mass, usually of the subcutaneous tissues. It is much less frequently noted in the intramuscular tissue. It is not uncommon for symptoms to be present for years. Benign neoplasm with brown fat is noted.