Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 215-218 , 2006

Neurilemoma in the ankle as a cause of plantar foot pain: A report of one case

  • Maes Renaud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, C.H.U. Charleroi, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 321 Chaussée de Bruxelles, 6042 Lodelinsart, Belgium.
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  • Mescola Paolo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, C.H.U. Charleroi, Belgium
    • ,
  • Chaikh Ali

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, C.H.U. Charleroi, Belgium

Received 28 November 2005 ,Revised 29 March 2006 ,Accepted 9 May 2006.

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PII: S1268-7731(06)00052-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2006.05.002

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 215-218 , 2006

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