Lipofibromatous hamartoma of sciatic nerve: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lipofibromatous hamartoma of the nerve is the fibro-fatty overgrowth within the nerve. Most commonly they occur in the median nerve, ulnar nerves, and a few other nerves but the involvement of the sciatic nerve is very rare. The fibro-fatty infiltration causes palpable neurogenic mass and clinically presents lump, moderate numbness, tingling sensation, and pain in its territory. Magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard for diagnosis.

Case presentation

We present a case of a 65 years old female, who presented to OPD with a tingling sensation which progressed to pain in the gluteal region and was associated with a tender swelling. MRI showed a giant space-occupying lesion in the sciatic nerve course. The mass was excised and then sent to the histopathologic

SUBMITTER: Khadka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486723 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature