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Skeletal Radiology
Published in: Skeletal Radiology 5/2011

01-05-2011 | Case Report

Intraosseous hibernoma

Authors: Rajendra Kumar, Michael T. Deaver, Bogdan A. Czerniak, John E. Madewell

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 5/2011

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Abstract

We describe the imaging and pathological features of a rare case of sacral hibernoma that was discovered incidentally in a patient with low back pain. The benign-appearing, small intraosseous lesion in the sacrum was sclerotic on CT. MRI revealed that the lesion was heterogeneously hyperintense on T1W (lower in intensity than subcutaneous fat) and heterogeneously hypointense on fat-saturated T2W and STIR images. It showed mild heterogeneous enhancement on the post-contrast fat-saturated T1 MR images due to increased vascularity. A biopsy of the lesion was performed. The biopsy specimen demonstrated multivacuolated cells with immunohistochemical features of brown adipose tissue consistent with hibernoma.
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Metadata
Title
Intraosseous hibernoma
Authors
Rajendra Kumar
Michael T. Deaver
Bogdan A. Czerniak
John E. Madewell
Publication date
01-05-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Skeletal Radiology / Issue 5/2011
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-010-1079-x

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