Plexiform neurofibroma in type 1 neurofibromatosis.

Abstract

A 13-year-old African-American girl was admitted to the hospital for surgery. She was diagnosed with Type I neurofibromatosis at the age of 1 year after she was noted to have multiple café au lait spots. Her past medical history included a history of neurofibroma in the base of the brain, treated with radiation therapy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt, as well as a recent diagnosis of bilateral optic gliomas, treated with chemotherapy. Family history was negative for neurofibromatosis.

• Authors: Connie A Keehn, Pearl Myers, Charles N Paidas, Enid Gilbert-Barness
• Journal: Fetal and pediatric pathology (Fetal Pediatr Pathol) 2006 Mar-Apr Vol. 25 Issue 2 Pg. 87-93 ISSN: 1551-3815 [Print] England
• PMID: 16908458 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Abdominal Neoplasms (complications, pathology, therapy)
• Adolescent
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Female
• Humans
• Neurofibroma, Plexiform (complications, pathology, therapy)
• Neurofibromatosis 1 (complications, pathology)
• Radiography, Abdominal
• Soft Tissue Neoplasms (complications, pathology, therapy)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed