Sciatic schwannoma of the thigh causing foot pain mimicking plantar neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 528-530

  Gominak, Stasha C ^a,b   Ochoa, José L ^c,d  

^a Camino Medical Group   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot pain; Plantar neuropathy; Sciatic schwannoma; Tarsa tunnel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SCIATIC NERVE; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; THIGH;

EID: 0031943779     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199804)21:4<528::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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