Xanthomatous infiltration of ankle tendons

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 256-259

  Kelman, Chad G ^a   Disler, David G ^a   Kremer, Joel M ^a   Jennings, Timothy A ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperlipoproteinemia, type II; MRI, tendon; Tendon; Xanthoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TENDON; XANTHOMA;

ANKLE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; TENDONS; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0030898715     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050231     Document Type: Article

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