Secondary carpal tunnel syndrome caused by space-occupying lesionlipoma

ISSN: 2602-3032
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
Başlangıç: 1976
Yayıncı: Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

To the Editor, Lipomas are the most common benign soft tissue tumor originating from adipose tissue1 . Although they are in many parts of the body, they are rarely in the hand2 . Lipomas are mostly asymptomatic, but if there is a nerve compression, they become symptomatic3 .

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