Sonographic differentiation between schwannomas and neurofibromas in the musculoskeletal system

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2253-2260

  Ryu, Jeong Ah ^a   Lee, Sang Hoon ^b   Cha, Eun Young ^b   Kim, Tae Yeob ^a   Kim, Sung Moon ^b   Shin, Myung Jin ^b  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal ultrasound; Neurofibroma; Schwannoma; Soft tissue tumor

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; TEXTURES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CATEGORICAL VARIABLES; COLOR DOPPLER IMAGES; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS; NEUROFIBROMA; SCHWANNOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS;

TUMORS;

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84948823618     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.15.01067     Document Type: Article

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