Unusual functional compression of the deep branch of the radial nerve by a vascular branch (Leash of Henry): Ultrasonographic appearance

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-166

  Loizides, A ^a   Peer, S ^a   Ostermann, S ^a   Henninger, B ^a   Stampfer Kountchev, M ^a   Gruber, H ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

elbow; leash of Henry; nervous peripheral; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MASKING; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL NERVE; SOFT TISSUE; SWELLING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551572045     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: 14389010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245738     Document Type: Article

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