Adolescent; Adult; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome/diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Hamartoma/diagnosis/therapy; Humans; Lipoma/diagnosis/therapy; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Median Nerve; Median Neuropathy/diagnosis/therapy
Abstract :
[en] Nervous lipofibromatous hamartoma is a rare tumour-like condition involving the peripheral nerves, whereby the epineurium and perineurium are enlarged and distorted by excess fatty and fibrous tissues that infiltrate between and around nerve boundaries. The median nerve is much more likely than other nerves to develop a hamartoma with a predilection for the carpal tunnel. In this article, we describe three cases of lipofibromatous hamartoma of the median nerve and discuss its management.
Disciplines :
Surgery
Author, co-author :
NARDELLA, Daniele ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie maxillo-faciale et plastique
Sohawon, S
CARLIER, Alain ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie de la main
Language :
English
Title :
Lipofibromatous hamartoma of the median nerve. Three case reports.
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
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