Morton neuroma: Effect of MR imaging findings on diagnostic thinking and therapeutic decisions

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 583-588

  Zanetti, Marco ^a   Strehle, Josef K ^a   Kundert, Hans Peter ^b   Zollinger, Hans ^b   Hodler, Juerg ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Efficacy study; Foot, MR; Foot, neoplasms; Neuroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032710257     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.2.r99nv06583     Document Type: Article

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