Fasciitis ossificans with a radial neuropathy: A benign differential diagnosis for soft tissue sarcoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-394

  Rozen, W M ^a   Galloway, S ^b   Salinas, C ^b   Allen, P ^c   Schlicht, S ^b   Mann, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fasciitis; Neuropathy; Ossificans; Radial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FASCIITIS; FASCIITIS OSSIFICANS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SARCOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847297568     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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