Sonographic Appearances of Morton's neuroma: Differences From Other Interdigital Soft Tissue Masses

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1204-1209

  Park, Hee Jin ^a,b   Kim, Sam Soo ^b   Rho, Myong Ho ^a   Hong, Hyun Pyo ^a   Lee, So Yeon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Morton; Neuroma; Soft tissue; Tumor; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT STRUCTURES; BONY STRUCTURES; ECHOGENICITY; INTERDIGITAL; MEAN AGES; MEAN SIZE; MEDICAL SYSTEMS; MORTON; NEUROMA; PHILIPS; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT-TISSUE MASS; SONOGRAPHIC; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION;

SONOCHEMISTRY; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GANGLION CYST; GINKGO LEAF SIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTON NEUROMA; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOOT DISEASES; GANGLION CYSTS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79959841997     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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