Hibernoma

Hibernoma s a tumor of brown adipose tissue. It consists of multivacuolar adipocytes (vacuoles do not compress and deform the nucleus) with a large number of mitochondria (microscopically eosinophilic, macroscopically brown). It occurs mainly in the subcutaneous tissue of the interscapular region of newborns.



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