PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 11 , Pages 1041-1044 , November 2009

Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration and Corticosteroid Injection in the Management of a Paralabral Ganglion Cyst

  • Neeti Bathia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of PM&R, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—New Jersey Medical School, 30 Bergen Street, ADMC 101, Newark, NJ 17101†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to N.B.
    • ,
  • Gerard Malanga, MD

      Affiliations

    • New Jersey Sports Medicine, Summit, NJ‡

Received 29 June 2009 ,Accepted 6 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.10.001

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