Sonography findings in tears of the extensor pollicis longus tendon and correlation with CT, MRI and surgical findings

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Santiago, Fernando Ruiz ^a   Plazas, Pilar Garófano ^a   Fernández, Juan Miguel Tristán ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extensor pollicis longus; Tendon; Tendon imaging; Tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS (EPL); TENDON IMAGING; TENDON RUPTURE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISTAL PHALANX; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; THUMB; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149158744     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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