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Ultrasound assessment of a supraclavicular lipoma entrapping the brachial plexus: a diagnostic insight

  • Wei-Ting Wu (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch) ;
  • Ke-Vin Chang (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch) ;
  • Kamal Mezian (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University) ;
  • Vincenzo, Ricci (Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute ) ;
  • Levent, Ozcakar (Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School)
  • Received : 2023.11.23
  • Accepted : 2023.12.06
  • Published : 2024.01.31

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Acknowledgement

This study was funded by the National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch; Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 106-2314-B-002-180-MY3 and MOST 109-2314-B-002-114-MY3); National Science and Technology, Taiwan (NSTC 112-2314-B-002-134); and Taiwan Society of Ultrasound in Medicine.

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