Median Nerve Compression in Carpal Tunnel Caused by a Giant Lipoma

A lipoma is a common, benign soft-tissue tumor that rarely arises in the upper limb. When one does occur in the hand, the location of the lipoma can cause nerve compression, which can mimic carpal tunnel symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging is the visualization modality of choice for diagnosis and s...

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Autores principales: Fazilleau, F., Williams, T., Richou, J., Sauleau, V., Le Nen, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4024428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24876983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/654934
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Williams, T.
Richou, J.
Sauleau, V.
Le Nen, D.
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description A lipoma is a common, benign soft-tissue tumor that rarely arises in the upper limb. When one does occur in the hand, the location of the lipoma can cause nerve compression, which can mimic carpal tunnel symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging is the visualization modality of choice for diagnosis and surgical planning of lipomas. Surgical resection is recommended to relieve the neurological manifestations of this disease. The surgeon should always suspect liposarcoma first before voluminous, atypical, or recurrent tumors are considered.
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spelling pubmed-40244282014-05-29 Median Nerve Compression in Carpal Tunnel Caused by a Giant Lipoma Fazilleau, F. Williams, T. Richou, J. Sauleau, V. Le Nen, D. Case Rep Orthop Case Report A lipoma is a common, benign soft-tissue tumor that rarely arises in the upper limb. When one does occur in the hand, the location of the lipoma can cause nerve compression, which can mimic carpal tunnel symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging is the visualization modality of choice for diagnosis and surgical planning of lipomas. Surgical resection is recommended to relieve the neurological manifestations of this disease. The surgeon should always suspect liposarcoma first before voluminous, atypical, or recurrent tumors are considered. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4024428/ /pubmed/24876983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/654934 Text en Copyright © 2014 F. Fazilleau et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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