Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography in the diagnosis of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in a dog

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-371

  Platt, Simon R ^a,b   Graham, John ^a   Chrisman, Cheryl L ^a   Collins, Kathleen ^a   Chandra, Sundeep ^a   Sirninger, Jeffrey ^a   Newell, Susan M ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Needle aspiration; Peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; HUMERUS; INNERVATION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; HUMERUS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; ORCHIECTOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033162395     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb02128.x     Document Type: Article

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