title: Intraneural lipoma of the posterior interosseous nerve.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Artificial Joints and Biomaterials, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. tomatsuo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors: Toshihiro
authors: T
authors: Matsuo
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Sugita
authors: Shoji
authors: S
authors: Shimose
authors: Tadahiko
authors: T
authors: Kubo
authors: Yuji
authors: Y
authors: Yasunaga
authors: Mitsuo
authors: M
authors: Ochi
mesh_terms: 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*