TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging of neuropathies about the ankle and foot.
AU - Martinoli, Carlo
AU - Court-Payen, Michel
AU - Michaud, Johan
AU - Padua, Luca
AU - Altafini, Luisa
AU - Marchetti, Alessandra
AU - Perez, Maribel Miguel
AU - Valle, Maura
AU - Hovgaard, Claus
AU - Haugegaard, Micael
AU - Tagliafico, Alberto
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - Neuropathies about the ankle and foot may be the cause of chronic pain and disability. In most cases, these conditions derive from mechanical or dynamic compression of a segment of a nerve within a narrow osteofibrous tunnel, an opening in a fibrous structure, or a passageway close to a ligament or a muscle. Although the evaluation of nerve disorders primarily relies on neurological examination and electrophysiology, diagnostic imaging is currently used as a complement to help define the site and etiology of nerve compression and exclude other disease possibly underlying the patient' symptoms. In this article, a review of the anatomical and pathological features of nerve entrapments in the distal lower extremity is presented on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, according to the nerve involved. Thieme Medical Publishers.
AB - Neuropathies about the ankle and foot may be the cause of chronic pain and disability. In most cases, these conditions derive from mechanical or dynamic compression of a segment of a nerve within a narrow osteofibrous tunnel, an opening in a fibrous structure, or a passageway close to a ligament or a muscle. Although the evaluation of nerve disorders primarily relies on neurological examination and electrophysiology, diagnostic imaging is currently used as a complement to help define the site and etiology of nerve compression and exclude other disease possibly underlying the patient' symptoms. In this article, a review of the anatomical and pathological features of nerve entrapments in the distal lower extremity is presented on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, according to the nerve involved. Thieme Medical Publishers.
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0030-1254523
DO - 10.1055/s-0030-1254523
M3 - Article
C2 - 20539959
AN - SCOPUS:77953645838
VL - 14
SP - 344
EP - 356
JO - Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology
JF - Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology
SN - 1089-7860
IS - 3
ER -