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Case Reports
. 2012 Aug;57(4):409-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.anplas.2010.07.001. Epub 2010 Aug 16.

[Anatomical snuffbox lipoma causing nervous compression. A case report]

[Article in French]
M F Amar  1 , H Benjelloun, O Ammoumri, A Marzouki, F Z Mernissi, F Boutayeb
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[Anatomical snuffbox lipoma causing nervous compression. A case report]

[Article in French]
M F Amar et al. Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

Lipomas are rarely localized at the hand, and more unfrequently at the anatomical snuffbox. We report a case of a lipoma that compressed the lateral branch of the superficial sensory branch of the radial nerve.

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