American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 18, Issue 8 1429-1431, Copyright © 1997 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Aggressive fibromatosis of the neck: MR findings
M Garant, H Remy and N Just
Department of Department of Radiology, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
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.