title: Posterior interosseous nerve palsy due to intermuscular lipoma.
abstract: Lipomas are usually subcutaneous and asymptomatic. Rarely, they can occur in a deeper soft tissue plane exerting pressure on adjacent nerves. When adjacent to the neck of the radius, it can cause posterior interosseous nerve compression. In this case report, posterior interosseous nerve palsy due to an intermuscular lipoma is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai 600 040, India.
authors.forename: Krishnan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ganapathy
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Winston
authors.forename: Varadarajan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Seshadri
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*