Sonographic appearances of nerve tumors

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 363-368

  Beggs, Ian ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraneural ganglion; Morton's neuroma; Nerve tumors; Neurilemoma; Neurofibroma; Traumatic neuroma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN; NERVE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROMA; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GANGLIA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0032790335     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199909)27:7<363::AID-JCU1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Review

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