Surgical treatment of a giant neurofibroma.

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type 1, an autosomal dominant inherited disease, presents pathologic symptoms of multiple systems, including neurofibromatosis, skeletal dysplasia, café-au-lait spots in skins, and so on. A 45-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1 was reported in this article. The patient presented a giant neurofibroma in his head and neck, dysplasia of skull, facial bones and spinal columns, and multiple café-au-lait spots in systematic skins. Satisfactory curative effects were obtained in this case after tumor resection and prosthesis implantation.

• Authors: Xiao-Bing Cheng, De-Lin Lei, Yun-Peng Li, Lei Tian, Yan-Pu Liu, Xing-Hua Feng, Xiao-Guang Hu, Mo-Yi Sun, Qin Ma, Tian-Qiu Mao, Bao-Lin Liu, Yi-Min Zhao, Zhi-Hong Feng, Li-Xian Xu, Hui Zhang, Tie-Cheng Zhang, Rui Liu, Lei Shen
• Journal: The Journal of craniofacial surgery (J Craniofac Surg) Vol. 22 Issue 6 Pg. 2244-6 (Nov 2011) ISSN: 1536-3732 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 22075824 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Angiography, Digital Subtraction
• Cafe-au-Lait Spots (pathology)
• Head and Neck Neoplasms (pathology, surgery)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neurofibroma (pathology, surgery)
• Neurofibromatosis 1 (pathology, surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed