Dendritic fibromyxolipoma adherent to the median nerve in the forearm

Abstract

We describe a 65-year-old woman with a tumour adherent to the median nerve in the left forearm that was found to be a dendritic fibromyxolipoma, a distinctive benign soft tissue lesion possibly related to a myxoid spindle cell lipoma; it is a solitary fibrous tumour that may be mistaken for a sarcoma. The tumour was successfully excised with no complications.

Key Words::

• Median nerve
• dendritic fibromyxolipoma
• myxoid spindle cell lipoma
• lipoma
• mesenchymal tumour

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