title: Intraneural hemangioma of the median nerve: A case report.
abstract: Hemangiomas of the median nerve are very rare and, so far, only ten cases of intraneural hemangioma of this nerve have been reported in the literature. We present a case of 14-year-old girl who had a soft tissue mass in the region of the left wrist with signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. Total removal of the mass was achieved using microsurgical epineural and interfasicular dissection. The symptoms were relieved completely, after this procedure, without any neurologic deficit. On follow-up two years later, no recurrence was observed. Whenever a child or young adult patient presents with CTS the possibility of a hemangioma involving the median nerve should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Dept, of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey. yunus_latif85@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yunus
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doğramaci
authors.forename: Aydiner
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalaci
authors.forename: Teoman Toni
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Sevinç
authors.forename: Ahmet Nedim
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Yanat