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CONGENITAL NEUROFIBROMATOSIS
Author(s) -
EEGOLOFSSON O.,
LINDSKOG U.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09813.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis , fibromatosis , pediatrics , pathology , dermatology
. Multiple subcutaneous tumors were found at birth in a pair of identical twins, and the histological diagnosis was neuroflbroma. The tumors disappeared within seven months. This disorder must be differentiated from congenital generalized fibromatosis, which usually shows a malignant course.