Plantar and palmar fibromatosis: Characteristic imaging features and role of MRI in clinical management

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1134-1136

  English, Collette ^a   Coughlan, Robert ^b   Carey, John ^b   Bergin, Diane ^a  

^a Radiology Department   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAND PALM; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; METATARSAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALMAR FASCIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLANTAR FIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TENDON SHEATH;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOOT DISEASES; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861505862     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker522     Document Type: Letter

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