Segmental extraneural lipomatosis of the superficial peroneal nerve: illustrative case
Kitty Y Wu, Aditya Raghunathan, Robert J Spinner · 2023
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Description
Kitty Wu, Aditya Raghunathan, and Robert Spinner report an unusual nerve case: a woman with ten years of worsening leg pain and tingling on top of the foot. Scans showed several vague nodules along the superficial peroneal nerve in the midleg. At surgery, the team found six separate fatty tumors studded along a ten-centimeter stretch of the nerve and one branch. The growths clung to the nerve with no clean plane between them.
Because the tumors could not be peeled away safely, the surgeons removed that nerve segment. Lab study confirmed multiple fatty tumors outside the nerve, with signs of past injury. Four months later the patient's pain was gone and normal activity had resumed. The authors place the case within the known classes of fatty nerve lesions. Its clustered pattern, they note, fits those classes poorly, and its cause remains unknown.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kitty Y Wu, Aditya Raghunathan, Robert J Spinner |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |