Imaging tumours of the brachial plexus

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 375-387

  Saifuddin, Asif ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Imaging; MRI; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043175370     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0618-0     Document Type: Review

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