title: Acute compression ulnar neuropathy at Guyon's canal resulting from lipoma.
abstract: There is no reported case of acute compression neuropathy of the ulnar nerve at Guyon's canal that has resulted from lipoma. This report describes a 53-year-old carpenter who presented with a 2-day history of ulnar neuropathy. Exploration yielded a lipoma with interstitial hemorrhage that measured 6.5 by 3.7 by 2.0 cm.
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014459:Ulnar Nerve