Open AccessFibrolipomatous hamartoma of median nerve: A rare cause of carpal tunnel syndrome and macrodactyly
Author(s) -
Anand Bansal,
Ashish Verma,
Chandan Mourya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedics and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2347-436X
pISSN - 2319-2585
DOI - 10.4103/2319-2585.158517
Subject(s) - carpal tunnel syndrome , median nerve , medicine , wrist , carpal tunnel , anatomy , lesion , peripheral nerve , hamartoma , pathology , surgery
Neurogenic fibrolipomatous hamartoma (FLH) is a benign lesion that can affect any of the peripheral nerves, causing significant enlargement. Though the pathology is a rare one, median nerve is the most common nerve in the body to be affected. The most common segment of the nerve to be affected is that around the wrist. We present a case of carpal tunnel syndrome caused by FLH of the median nerve associated with macrodactyly