Carpal Tunnel Syndrome due to Lipoma: A Case Report

Seo, Kyu Bum; Kim, Sang Rim; Nam, Kwang Woo; Choi, Sungwook; Seo, Jun Young; Rho, Joseph Y.; Kim, Gyeong Min

doi:10.12790/ahm.2019.24.2.197

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“…Peripheral compressive neuropathy by lipoma is uncommon. Few cases of carpal tunnel syndrome by giant lipoma in the hands were described in the literature [3,4]. We report a case of a 49-year-old patient with carpal tunnel syndrome due to intermuscular giant lipoma.…”

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“…They can occur anywhere on the body, but mostly appear on the neck, trunk, and upper extremities[6]. Lipoma in the hands is not common, and carpal tunnel syndrome due to compression of lipoma is rare[3,6].Space occupying lesions which can make carpal tunnel syndrome are distal radius fractures, carpal bone fractures or dislocation, and other soft tissue tumors such as lipoma, hemangioma, schwannoma, epidermal cyst, ganglion, and so forth[7]. Like our case, there are few cases which are giant hand lipoma induced carpal tunnel…”

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Deep-Seated Giant Lipoma on the Hand Inducing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Kim

Hwang

2020

Soonchunhyang Med Sci

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Lipoma is a very frequent benign soft tissue tumor, but its occurrence in the hands is rare. Lipoma in the hands is generally asymptomatic; however, symptoms may develop if local neurovascular structures are compressed due to size or location of the lipoma. Carpal tunnel syndrome, which is a compressive neuropathy of the median nerve, is the most common neuropathy in the hands and presents pain, numbness, hypoesthesia, and atrophy of the thenar muscle. We present a case of carpal tunnel syndrome by deep-seated giant lipoma with a literature review.

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Deep-Seated Giant Lipoma on the Hand Inducing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Kim

Hwang

2020

Soonchunhyang Med Sci

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“…When their size exceeds 5 cm, they are considered to be giant (3). Lipomas rarely cause symptomatic nerve compression (4,5). Only a few cases of distal forearm-carpal lipomas have been described (1,(5)(6)(7)(8), with some of them being completely asymptomatic (1), and others, especially the enlarged ones, causing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)-like symptoms (5).…”

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A Giant Lipoma in the Distal Forearm of a Cadaver

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Achlatis,

Piagkou

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Objective. Lipomas are very common tumors which usually prefer the upper limbs and, depending on their size, may cause nerve compression, or may be asymptomatic. The current cadaveric report describes a giant lipoma in the distal forearm area. Case Report. A large mass (5.1 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm) was identified on the palmar surface of the distal forearm, during dissection of a 63-year-old male cadaver. The mass caused anteromedial displacement and flattening of the median nerve (MN). Despite the lack of information about the subject’s medical history, MN compression was assumed on the basis of the lipoma’s size, its vicinity to neural structures, and the MN displacement and flattening. Conclusion. The enlarged distal forearm lipoma, located adjacent to the carpal tunnel, displaced and flattened the MN. The cadaveric finding described is clinically relevant for both differential diagnosis and surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.

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