Lipofibromatous hamartoma of a digital branch of the median nerve: A case report and review of literature.

Lipofibromatous hamartoma (LFH) is a benign tumor that causes nerve enlargement due to fatty adipose tissue infiltration around bundles of peripheral nerves. It most commonly occurs at the median nerve with associated macrodactyly. We present an uncommon case of LFH that affected a digital branch of the median nerve without macrodactyly.

Solitary enchondroma in a metatarsal bone, an incidental discovery.

Introduction: Enchondromas are rare benign bone tumours and their discovery is usually incidental, since in most cases it presents with no symptoms.

Presentation Of Case: A 30 year old male who comes to the office after suffering a forced inversion of the left foot, he has edema of the left lateral malleolus, pain and is unable to walk; no deformities or other alterations are observed and palpable pulses of adequate intensity and frequency are recorded. The radiography shows soft tissue edema and no bone lesions.

Profesor Dr. Marshall Raymond Urist (1914-2001): descubridor de la formación ósea por inducción.

Marshall R. Urist was an American orthopedic surgeon who worked in University of California at Los Angeles. His scientific work about bone formation brought to medical science the discovery of a bone growth inductor substance known as bone morphogenetic protein in 1965.