Neural fibrolipoma is a benign mass of fibrofatty tissue intermixed with nerve tissue. It most commonly occurs in the upper extremity in infants and children, usually affecting the median nerve. This report describes surgical resection of a rare neural fibrolipoma of the foot in a 32-year-old woman.
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