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- A 44-year-old male, with no previous health issues, underwent surgery for a mass found in the supraclavicular area after experiencing progressive weakness in his left arm for a month.
- The mass was diagnosed as encapsulated fat necrosis, characterized by cystic formation and inflammation.
- This case is notable as it is the first recorded instance of fat necrosis causing compression of the brachial plexus in the supraclavicular region, which is quite rare.
Article Abstract
We report the case of a 44-year-old male, lacking clinical history of previous illness, who had surgery at our hospital to treat a mass in the supraclavicular space. The patient presented with a 1-month progressive distal paresis of the left arm. The histo-pathological examination of the mass revealed an encapsulated fat necrosis. Fat necrosis is characterised by cystic architecture, encapsulation with fat necrosis within, and inflammatory infiltration of its walls. Neural structure compression secondary to this tumour mass is very rare. Fat necrosis is more frequent in the lower limbs, in areas exposed to trauma. This article is the first report of brachial plexus compression due to supraclavicular fat necrosis.
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