Eosinophilic fasciitis in a military recruit: MRI evaluation with clinical correlation

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-57

  Liou, Chang Hsien ^a   Huang, Guo Shu ^a   Taylor, John A M ^b   Juan, Chun Jung ^a   Gao, Hong Wei ^a   Chen, Cheng Yu ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Eosinophilic fasciitis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; FASCIA DISEASE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LEG SWELLING; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARM; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; LEG; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARM; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037609007     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0596-7     Document Type: Article

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