Postmastectomy lymphoedema: Different patterns of fluid distribution visualised by ultrasound imaging compared with magnetic resonance imaging

Physiotherapy

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-243

  Tassenoy, An ^a   De Mey, Johan ^b   De Ridder, Filip ^b   Van Schuerbeeck, Peter ^b   Vanderhasselt, Tim ^b   Lamote, Jan ^b   Lievens, Pierre ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complex physical therapy; Echographic imaging; Lymphoedema; Postmastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THICKNESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VOLUMETRY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BODY FLUIDS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DERMIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79961011231     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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