A Rare Case of Hibernoma Occasionally Identified by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in a Patient with Lung Cancer

Hibernoma is a benign tumor arising from brown fat tissue. Conventional imaging techniques are not able to differentiate it from other benign lesions or malignant fatty tumors. We report the case of a 73-year-old patient who underwent a thorax computed tomography (CT) and was then referred to our de...

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Autores principales: Penna, Daniele, Quartuccio, Natale, Testa, Claudio, Arena, Vincenzo, Cistaro, Angelina, Pelosi, Ettore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28465871
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1124

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28465871
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1124

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