A Case of Cervical Intraneural Lipoma That Was Removed by Intercapsular Resection with No Resultant Postoperative Neurological Deficit

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Intraoperative findings: the nerve of origin at the lower edge of the tumor ((a) arrow) and tumor in the neuroepithelium (arrow, epineurium; (b), tumor) were visible. The excised yellowish specimen was 85 × 50 × 35 mm (c). Histopathologically, bifurcated growth of mature adipocytes with sparse fibrous septa was observed (d) (H&E staining).

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