ABSTRACT
Hibernomas are uncommon tumors composed of brown fat. Their consistency is multiple but usually harder than a regular lipoma. It is a mobile, slow-growing mass. Clinical symptoms are exceptional (pain or massive weight loss). The case of a 26 years old patient who suffered of a cervical hibernoma is reported to discuss the clinical and paraclinical aspect of the diagnosis.
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Head and Neck Neoplasms/surgery , Lipoma/surgery , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/surgery , Adipocytes/pathology , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Head and Neck Neoplasms/diagnosis , Head and Neck Neoplasms/pathology , Humans , Lipoma/diagnosis , Lipoma/pathology , Male , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/diagnosis , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/pathologyABSTRACT
Skin graft is the most common and simple procedure to cover superficial defect. Skin of variable thickness and size is completely detached from its origin (donor site) to cover a defect (recipient site). This simple procedure is the result of a long and eventful technical and theoretical evolvement. The aim of this article is to re-trace the history of skin grafting, from its discovery until today.
