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Hair Whorl as an Indicator of a Mediastinal Plexiform Neurofibroma
Author(s) -
Pivnick Enikö K.,
Lobe Thorn E.,
Fitch Sarah J.,
Riccardi Vincent M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1997.tb00236.x
Subject(s) - plexiform neurofibroma , medicine , neurofibroma , neurofibromatosis , whorl (mollusc) , biopsy , anatomy , pathology , biology , botany , genus
We report a boy with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF‐1) who had nonspecific respiratoi symptoms and a mediastinal mass. In addition to multiple cafe au lait macules and subcutaneous neurofibromas, he had a hair whorl over the spine at the level of a deep mediastinal mass demonstrated by CT scan and MR examination. Thoracoscopy and biopsy of the mass revealed a plexiform neurofibroma. The clinical sign of a hair whorl may assist the clinician in early recognition of a paraspinal plexiform neurofibroma.