Fibrolipomatous hamartoma of sural nerve: a new site of an unusual lesion
- Author:
Asmita Parihar
;
Sarika Verma
;
Mamta Senger
;
Anil Agarwal
;
Kalpana Bansal
;
Ruchika Gupta
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
hamartoma, fibrolipomatous;
sural nerve;
magnetic resonance imaging
- MeSH:
Hamartoma;
Sural Nerve
- From:The Malaysian Journal of Pathology
2014;36(1):59-62
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Neural fibrolipomatous hamartoma is a rare benign tumour commonly involving the median nerve.
Other less frequently involved nerves include the ulnar, radial, brachial plexus, superficial peroneal
nerve, inferior calcaneal nerve and median plantar nerve. Involvement of sural nerve has not been
reported in the available literature so far. A three-year-old female child presented with a painless
swelling over the posterolateral aspect of left leg with no associated motor or sensory deficits.
Radiological investigations revealed a fat density lesion with interspersed neural element in the
subcutaneous plane of the left leg. Histopathological examination of the excised specimen showed
features of a fibrolipomatous hamartoma of the nerve. This report describes the occurrence of
fibrolipomatous hamartoma in the sural nerve for the first time in the literature. This rare tumour
should be considered in the differential diagnosis of such lesions.
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