Intraneural lipoma of the posterior interosseous nerve.
Lipomas arising in the peripheral nerves are rare tumors, with most arising in the forearm and wrist, and most have occurred within the median nerve. This report describes a case with large lipoma arising in the posterior interosseous nerve.
Matsuo
Toshihiro
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Department of Artificial Joints and Biomaterials, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. tomatsuo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Sugita
Takashi
T
Shimose
Shoji
S
Kubo
Tadahiko
T
Yasunaga
Yuji
Y
Ochi
Mitsuo
M
D005542:Forearm / Q000294:innervation* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*