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PLEXIFORM NEUROFIBROMATOSIS: A DIFFICULT SURGICAL PROBLEM
Author(s) -
Kuo Leonard A.,
Kuo Roderick S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1990.tb07464.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis , pelvis , disarticulation , elephantiasis , plexiform neurofibroma , intervention (counseling) , surgery , radiology , neurofibroma , amputation , nursing , filariasis , helminths , immunology
A severe case of plexiform neurofibromatosis with elephantiasis neuromatosa involving the right lower limb and pelvis, leading to a right hip disarticulation, is reported. Abnoramal vasculature can make surgical intervention hazardous.