Lipoma

Research from C.S. Smith and co-researchers provides new data on lipoma

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 13th, 2008

"Hibernoma is a benign tumor of brown fat that has imaging features similar to those of malignant fat-containing soft-tissue tumors. Hibernoma is metabolically active on F-18-FDG PET/CT, and its presence can lead to false-positive interpretations," investigators in the United States report.

"We present three cases in which fatty lesions with increased radiotracer uptake identified on FDG PET/CT turned out to be hibernomas. The standardized uptake values of the lesions were similar to those reported in the literature for liposarcoma. However, all three patients had variable standardized uptake values over time," wrote C.S. Smith and colleagues.

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-05-13)

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