Neurilemmoma in the foot as a cause of heel pain: A report of two cases

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-111

  Marui, Takashi ^a,b   Yamamoto, Tetsuji ^a,b   Akisue, Toshihiro ^a,b   Hitora, Toshiaki ^a,b   Kawamoto, Teruya ^a,b   Nagira, Keiko ^a,b   Yoshiya, Shinichi ^a,b   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a Kobe Univ Grad School of Medicine ^*

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case Report; Heel Pain; Neoplasm; Neurilemmoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TIBIAL NERVE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEEL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HEEL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PAIN; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

EID: 3843109352     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070402500212     Document Type: Article

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