Intraneural Hemangioma of the Median Nerve: A Case Report

Kim,  Jung Rae; Seo,  Jae Sung; Kwon,  Moon Soo

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2011;16(3):175-178.
Published online September 30, 2011.

Intraneural Hemangioma of the Median Nerve: A Case Report

Jung Rae Kim, Jae Sung Seo, Moon Soo Kwon

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yeungnam University Hospital, Yeungnam University College of medicine, Daegu, Korea. sjs@med.yu.ac.kr

Received: 30 June 2011 • Revised: 26 August 2011 • Accepted: 30 August 2011

Abstract

Hemangioma of the median nerve is very rare and a few cases of intraneural hemangioma of this nerve have been reported in the literature. We present a case of 33-year-old man who had an intraneural hemangioma of the median nerve. He complained of symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome for a month. On preoperative ultrasonography, a mass of the median nerve was observed in the region of the right wrist. At surgery, a mass of the median nerve was removed totally and histopathologic examination confirmed an intraneural hemangioma of the median nerve. The symptoms were relieved completely without any neurologic deficit after the operation.