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Mediastinal hibernoma.

Z F Udwadia¹, N Kumar, A S Bhaduri

¹Department of Medicine, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mahim, Bombay, India.

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

|June 17, 1999

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A rare hibernoma, a benign tumor, was found in the posterior mediastinum of an asymptomatic patient. Surgical removal is recommended for this exceptionally uncommon tumor, which has no malignant potential.

Area of Science:

Thoracic surgery
Surgical pathology
Diagnostic imaging

Background:

Mediastinal masses can present diagnostic challenges.
Hibernomas are rare, benign tumors of brown adipose tissue.
The posterior mediastinum is an unusual location for neoplasms.

Observation:

A 46-year-old male incidentally found to have a large posterior mediastinal mass.
The patient remained asymptomatic despite the large tumor size.
Imaging studies did not definitively characterize the mass.

Findings:

Surgical excision revealed the mass to be a hibernoma.
This represents an extremely rare occurrence of hibernoma in the mediastinum.
The tumor was completely removed via thoracotomy.

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Implications:

This case highlights the importance of surgical pathology for diagnosing rare mediastinal tumors.
Complete excision is curative for hibernomas due to their benign nature.
Further research into the imaging characteristics of mediastinal hibernomas may be warranted.