Microsurgical interfascicular dissection operation is a viable treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome caused by Lipofibromatous hamartoma: A case report

Yun Xiao; Shu-Qing Feng; Zhi-Min Mao; Li Li

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107818

Microsurgical interfascicular dissection operation is a viable treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome caused by Lipofibromatous hamartoma: A case report

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Jan:102:107818. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107818. Epub 2022 Dec 1.

Authors

Yun Xiao¹, Shu-Qing Feng², Zhi-Min Mao³, Li Li³

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Medicine, Trauma Center, The First Hospital of Yun Nan province, Affliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China. Electronic address: xiaoyunhometown@126.com.
² Clinical Medicine, Department of Ultrasound, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
³ Clinical Medicine, Trauma Center, The First Hospital of Yun Nan province, Affliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China. Electronic address: 346015521@qq.com.

Abstract

Lipofibromatous Hamartoma (LFH) is a rare and slow growing benign tumor affecting the peripheral nerves, which usually involves the median nerve. Median nerve involvement commonly causes pain, numbness, paresthesia and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). This article describes a case of lipofibromatous hamartoma in a 6-years-old girl, complained of the mass and numbness in her left distal forearm. Microsurgical interfascicular dissection operation was performed to remove the epineural proliferation tissue, numbness disappeared after the operation. At the 12-months follow-up appointment she remained asymptomatic and there was no change in mass size.

Keywords: Carpal tunnel syndrome; Lipofibromatous hamartoma; Microsurgical.

Publication types

Case Reports