Intraosseous hibernoma: A metastatic mimicker to consider on the differential

Allen Ko, MS, MD; Colin C. Rowell, MD; James B. Vogler, IV, MD; Dmitri E. Samoilov, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Intraosseous hibernoma: A metastatic mimicker to consider on the differential

Allen Ko, MS, MD,
Colin C. Rowell, MD,
James B. Vogler, IV, MD,
Dmitri E. Samoilov, MD

Affiliations

Allen Ko, MS, MD: Eastern Virginia Medical School, 825 Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA; Corresponding author.
Colin C. Rowell, MD: Eastern Virginia Medical School, 825 Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
James B. Vogler, IV, MD: Eastern Virginia Medical School, 825 Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA; Department of Radiology, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, 600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
Dmitri E. Samoilov, MD: Department of Radiology, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, 600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 12
pp. 2677 – 2680

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Intraosseous hibernoma is an uncommon brown fat tumor that with about 2-dozen case reports described in the literature. Hibernomas are more commonly found in soft tissues of the thigh, shoulder, and back. However, more cases of intraosseous hibernomas are coming to light as a result of work-up due to pain or as an incidental lesion finding. Herein, we present a case of a thoracic intraosseous hibernoma suspicious for an isolated ovarian cancer metastasis, successfully treated with radiofrequency ablation and kyphoplasty.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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