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Kidney hibernoma: case report and literature review.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21121442     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: Hibernomas are rare benign tumours originating from the brown adipose tissue. They occur generally in adults with a peak incidence in the third decade and with a slightly predominance in women. They are benign tumor that does not recur with complete excision. CT and RM images should not be misdiagnosed with atypical lipomas or well-differentiated liposarcoma. We report a case of incidental renal hibernoma discovered in a 51 years old women during open surgery for kidney pielic stone.
CASE REPORT: A 51-year-old woman presenting with recurrent left flank pain was diagnosed with left kidney stone. Abdomen ultrasound and i.v. pyelografy showed pyelic stone of 2 cm without other pathologies of the urinary tract. Patient underwent left percutaneus lithitripsy complicated by severe bleeding. We converted into open surgery and incidentally we observed a brown, well-defined, encapsulated, and mobile mass of 1 cm that resulted to adhere to kidney capsule. We removed this lesion respecting surgical borders. Intraoperative histological examination revealed cells with eosinofil cytoplasm and no evidence of mitosis or cellular atypia. Definitive histological examination show a well-circumscribed, encapsulated tumor, with large cells with central nuclei and multivacuolated granular cytoplasm. A rich vascular network was present absence of mitosis or atypia was confirmed. Histological diagnosis presumed hibernoma.
CONCLUSION: Our case report results one of the few cases of renal localisation of hibernoma that however need a surgical treatment.
Authors:
Alessandro Delsignore; Stefania Ranzoni; Matteo Arancio; Carlo Marchetti; Giuseppe Landi; Alessandro Mina; Maurizio Marcato; Carlo Martinengo
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Società italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica / Associazione ricerche in urologia     Volume:  82     ISSN:  1124-3562     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch Ital Urol Androl     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-02     Completed Date:  2011-01-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9308247     Medline TA:  Arch Ital Urol Androl     Country:  Italy    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  189-91     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
S.C. Urologia Asl NO - Presidio Ospedaliero di Borgomanero, Ospedale SS Trinità, (NO), Italy. delsy@inwind.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Female
Humans
Incidental Findings
Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lipoma / diagnosis*
Middle Aged

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