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Benign hibernoma mimicking a cardiac liposarcoma

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Despite the low incidence of primary cardiac tumors, recently at our institution, we have experienced two very rare tumors in the span of just a few months. Hibernomas are rare tumors of brown adipose tissue origin that share the benign clinical features of a lipoma, but on imaging mimic the more aggressive sarcoma. Here we present two separate cases of otherwise healthy patients who were found incidentally to have these asymptomatic tumors.

Source: Journal of Surgical Case Reports

DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjae510

Authors: Kody Wyant, Titilayo Oden Shobayo, Manuel R Rojo, Zaid M Abdelsattar, Menhel Kinno, Jeffrey Schwartz

Institutions: Loyola University Medical Center, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola Medicine, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac tumors and thrombi

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,050