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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Main Authors:	Rachana DT, Hrishikesh P. Salgaonkar, Premashish JH
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Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/1/6._rachana_et_al..pdf

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spelling	ukm-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
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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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author	Rachana DT, Hrishikesh P. Salgaonkar, Premashish JH,
spellingShingle	Rachana DT, Hrishikesh P. Salgaonkar, Premashish JH, Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report
author_facet	Rachana DT, Hrishikesh P. Salgaonkar, Premashish JH,
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title	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_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_sort	giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10239/1/6._rachana_et_al..pdf
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Giant lipoma of forearm causing median nerve compression – a case report

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