Common Peroneal Entrapment Neuropathy Secondary to a Popliteal Lipoma: Ultrasound Superior to Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Diagnosis

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Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-279

  Vasudevan, John M ^a   Freedman, Mitchell K ^a   Beredjiklian, Pedro K ^a   DeLuca, Peter F ^a   Nazarian, Levon N ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PERONEAL NERVE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 79952626290     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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