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. 1997 Sep;18(8):1429-31.

Aggressive fibromatosis of the neck: MR findings.

M Garant 1, H Remy 1, N Just 1
PMCID: PMC8338155  PMID: 9296182

Abstract

We present a case of aggressive fibromatosis of the scalene and longus colli muscles with surgically proved secondary involvement of the brachial plexus and carotid sheath in a 29-year-old woman in whom MR imaging failed to show involvement of the carotid sheath. The well-defined lesion was isointense on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted images relative to adjacent normal muscle and enhanced brightly.

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