Thenar intramuscular lipoma

Case contributed by Mohamed Saber
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Hand swelling of 3 months duration

Patient Data

Age: 65 years
Gender: Male
mri

A well defined ovoid intramuscular mass lesion is seen at the thenar region following the fat signal in all pulse sequences (high signal in T1WI & T2WI and suppressed in T2 fat sat sequences).

Case Discussion

Typical MRI features of intramuscular lipoma in the thenar region. The hand is a very rare location for Intramuscular lipomas.

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