Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis with massive brachial plexus involvement mimicking neurofibromatosis type 1

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 282-287

  De Ruiter, G C W ^a   Scheithauer, B W ^a   Amrami, K K ^a   Spinner, R J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Brachial plexus; Nerve compression; Neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG NODULE; METASTASIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751339475     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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