MR imaging of brachial plexopathy in breast cancer patients without palpable recurrence

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 318-323

  Lingawi, Sattam S ^a,b,d   Bilbey, James H ^a   Munk, Peter L ^b   Poon, Peter Y ^c   Allan, Barbara M ^d   Olivotto, Ivo A ^c   Marchinkow, Laurel O ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; MR imaging; Plexopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALPATION;

EID: 0032795909     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050524     Document Type: Article

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