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J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj 2010; 05(01): e116-e121
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-5-1
Case report
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Fibrolipomatous hamartoma in the median nerve in the arm - an unusual location but with MR imaging characteristics: a case report[*]

Jessica Nilsson
1   Hand Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
,
Kristina Sandberg
1   Hand Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
,
Lars B Dahlin
1   Hand Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
,
Nina Vendel
2   Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Operations, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
,
Eva Balslev
3   Department of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, Denmark
,
Lone Larsen
4   Department of Radiology, Herlev Hospital, Denmark
,
Niels Søe Nielsen
5   Department of Orthopaedics at Herlev Hospital, Division of Hand Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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05 October 2009

12 January 2010

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19 September 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Fibrolipomatous hamartoma of the median nerve are usually located distally in the forearm and may have characteristic features on MR imaging. Here we report a patient with an extensive fibrolipomatous hamartoma at an unusual location proximally in the arm, where a preoperative MR imaging was pathognomonic and diagnosis was verified by an incisional biopsy. We suggest that MRI should be performed in cases with nerve dysfunction without an obvious cause after a thorough clinical examination.

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