title: Lipofibromatous hamartoma (neural fibrolipoma) of a flexor nerve of the index finger.
abstract: A 24 year old woman presented with a painless fusiform mass in her right index finger. Exploration showed an enlargement of the nerve by fibrofatty tissue and microsurgical intraneural dissection was done. Histological examination identified the lesion as a lipofibromatous hamartoma of the nerve, which is both rare and benign. There are different options for treatment of this lesion.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kronberger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rainer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hittmair
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Anderl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery