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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the femoral nerve: imaging findings and correlation with histopathology

Puneeth Kumara Department of Radiology, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Khaled Abdelrahmanb Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
, BS,
Sujit Maheshwaria Department of Radiology, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
, MD &
Amit Kumar Deyc National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1200-9251
, MDORCID Icon
Pages 485-488 | Received 29 Jul 2023, Accepted 06 Feb 2024, Published online: 06 Mar 2024

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