Cavus deformity of the foot secondary to a neuromuscular choristoma (Hamartoma) of the sciatic nerve: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1398-1401

  Bassett, George S ^a,b   Monforte Munoz, Hector ^a   Mitchell, Wendy G ^a   Rowland, Jon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHORISTOMA; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FASCIOTOMY; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030822119     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199709000-00016     Document Type: Article

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