Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report
Giant lipomas in the proximal upper extremity are rare. Traditionally these are slow growing tumour and cause symptoms depending upon their size, position and compression of surrounding structures. Lipoma causing compression of median nerve in the forearm is rare. Surgical excision invariably leads...
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Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
2016
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| author | Rachana DT, Hrishikesh P. Salgaonkar, Premashish JH, |
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| description | Giant lipomas in the proximal upper extremity are rare. Traditionally these are slow growing tumour and cause symptoms depending upon their size, position and compression of surrounding structures. Lipoma causing compression of median nerve in the forearm is rare. Surgical excision invariably leads to complete recovery. We present a case of a giant lipoma in forearm causing neuropathy of median nerve. It is difficult to clinically judge the extent of lipoma in atypical position and findings. MRI should be used in pre-operative evaluation of these cases. Surgical excision causes complete resolution of symptoms. |
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| spelling | ukm.eprints-102392017-03-29T08:51:49Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/ Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report Rachana DT, Hrishikesh P. Salgaonkar, Premashish JH, Giant lipomas in the proximal upper extremity are rare. Traditionally these are slow growing tumour and cause symptoms depending upon their size, position and compression of surrounding structures. Lipoma causing compression of median nerve in the forearm is rare. Surgical excision invariably leads to complete recovery. We present a case of a giant lipoma in forearm causing neuropathy of median nerve. It is difficult to clinically judge the extent of lipoma in atypical position and findings. MRI should be used in pre-operative evaluation of these cases. Surgical excision causes complete resolution of symptoms. Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/1/6._rachana_et_al..pdf Rachana DT, and Hrishikesh P. Salgaonkar, and Premashish JH, (2016) Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report. Journal of Surgical Academia, 6 (2). pp. 26-29. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc |
| spellingShingle | Rachana DT, Hrishikesh P. Salgaonkar, Premashish JH, Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report |
| title | Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report |
| title_full | Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report |
| title_fullStr | Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report |
| title_short | Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report |
| title_sort | giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression a case report |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/1/6._rachana_et_al..pdf |
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