Evaluation of the Brachial Plexus With Shear Wave Elastography After Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer.

Turgut KültürMüyesser OkumuşMikail İnalSelim Yalçın

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2018)

Shear wave elastography showed that the brachial plexuses of patients receiving RT were stiffer than the unaffected brachial plexuses. Brachial plexus stiffening may be associated with fibrotic processes.

Keyphrases

peripheral artery disease
early stage
locally advanced
radiation therapy
systemic sclerosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
radiation induced
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer