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Subcutaneous lipoma compressing the common peroneal nerve and causing palsy: Sonographic diagnosis
Author(s) -
Hsu YiChih,
Shih YenYu I.,
Gao HongWei,
Huang GuoShu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20643
Subject(s) - medicine , lipoma , palsy , subcutaneous fat , ultrasound , surgery , subcutaneous tissue , anatomy , radiology , pathology , adipose tissue , alternative medicine , endocrinology
Abstract The compression of peripheral nerves by benign fatty tumors has rarely been reported in the literature. We present the case of a patient who had a subcutaneous lipoma in the region of the knee that caused common peroneal nerve palsy and appeared to compress the nerve on sonography. The surgical removal of subcutaneous lipoma allowed complete recovery. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 2010