The sonographic "coffee bean" sign helps distinguish an axillary neurofibroma from a lymphadenopathy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-37

  Song, Sung Eun ^a   Seo, Bo Kyoung ^a   Choi, Jung Woo ^a   Son, Gil Soo ^a   Cho, Kyu Ran ^b   Kim, Baek Hyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axilla; Brachial plexus; Neoplasms; Neurofibroma; Peripheral nerves; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84889659352     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22051     Document Type: Article

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