Intraneural lipomatous tumors are rare lesions that mostly affect the upper extremities. These slowly growing tumors can have a serious neurological and functional impact when they reach a significantly large size. We report herein a case of a 53-year-old female who presented with a large median nerve intraneural lipomatous tumor causing compression-related signs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIsolated trapezio-metacarpal joint dislocation is a rare injury. Despite being simple to reduce, there is not yet a consensus regarding how to secure the reduction, the type of immobilization, and the postoperative protocol. Herein, we present a rare case of pure trapezio-metacarpal joint dislocation without any associated fractures that was treated with closed reduction and intermetacarpal fixation, six weeks of immobilization, and an early rehabilitation protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFloating-variant elbow dislocation is a newly updated term used to describe several associations of fractures around the elbow and elbow dislocation that are still not adequately classified due to their rarity. Being extremely rare, only a handful of case reports are found in the literature describing this condition. Most of these papers described cases associated with the posterior or posterolateral direction of elbow dislocation, wherein each author has treated the fracture differently.
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