High-resolution ultrasonography and diffusion tensor tractography map normal nerve fascicles in relation to schwannoma tissue prior to resection: Report of 2 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1113-1117

  Simon, Neil G ^a   Cage, Tene ^a   Narvid, Jared ^a   Noss, Roger ^b   Chin, Cynthia ^a   Kliot, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution ultrasonography; Intraoperative monitoring; Nerve sheath tumor; Peripheral nerve; Preoperative mapping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSESTHESIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND PAIN; HAND PARESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NECK; NERVE FASCICLE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PALPATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL NERVE; SWELLING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84899788988     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.2.JNS131975     Document Type: Article

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