Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric Patient
Author(s) -
Kumar Nilesh,
R. G. Naniwadekar,
Aaditee Vande
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25991.9996
Subject(s) - neurofibroma , neurofibromatosis , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , face (sociological concept) , radiology , pathology , philosophy , linguistics
Neurofibroma is a rare, benign, neurogenic tumour which may present as multiple lesions as a part of neurofibromatosis syndrome or as a solitary mass. This paper reports a case of large solitary neurofibroma of face in a young female patient. Clinical presentation, imaging characteristics and management of the pathology has been described in detail. The paper also reviews English literature for similar cases.
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