Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Median Nerve

Fibrolipomatous hamartoma (FLH) is a rare, benign neoplasm that affects the median nerve predominantly and can present with compressive symptoms. MRI can be used to diagnose this condition without the need for a nerve biopsy. While no definitive treatment has been described, open carpal tunnel relea...

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Autores principales: Michel, Christopher R, Dijanic, Christopher, Woernle, Mark, Fernicola, Justin, Grossman, Jamie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Plastic Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8246404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34239795
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15363
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author Michel, Christopher R
Dijanic, Christopher
Woernle, Mark
Fernicola, Justin
Grossman, Jamie
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description Fibrolipomatous hamartoma (FLH) is a rare, benign neoplasm that affects the median nerve predominantly and can present with compressive symptoms. MRI can be used to diagnose this condition without the need for a nerve biopsy. While no definitive treatment has been described, open carpal tunnel release for nerve decompression is currently the standard of care to alleviate compressive neuropathies of the median nerve. In this report, we describe a case of FLH diagnosed via MRI in which the patient’s symptoms responded to open carpal tunnel release.
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spelling pubmed-82464042021-07-07 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Median Nerve Michel, Christopher R Dijanic, Christopher Woernle, Mark Fernicola, Justin Grossman, Jamie Cureus Plastic Surgery Fibrolipomatous hamartoma (FLH) is a rare, benign neoplasm that affects the median nerve predominantly and can present with compressive symptoms. MRI can be used to diagnose this condition without the need for a nerve biopsy. While no definitive treatment has been described, open carpal tunnel release for nerve decompression is currently the standard of care to alleviate compressive neuropathies of the median nerve. In this report, we describe a case of FLH diagnosed via MRI in which the patient’s symptoms responded to open carpal tunnel release. Cureus 2021-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8246404/ /pubmed/34239795 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15363 Text en Copyright © 2021, Michel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Median Nerve
title_full Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Median Nerve
title_fullStr Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Median Nerve
title_full_unstemmed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Median Nerve
title_short Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Median Nerve
title_sort carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to fibrolipomatous hamartoma of the median nerve
topic Plastic Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8246404/
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