Solitary giant neurofibroma of thigh

Neurofibromas are rare, benign, nerve sheath tumors in the peripheral nervous system. The solitary type is found in those who do not have neurofibromatosis. Solitary neurofibromas are too rare in the giant type. We report a rare case of a solitary giant neurofibroma of the anterior right thigh. The...

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Autores principales: Tahririan, Mohammad Ali, Hekmatnia, Ali, Ahrar, Hossein, Heidarpour, Mitra, Hekmatnia, Farzaneh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25221761
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.137872
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author Tahririan, Mohammad Ali
Hekmatnia, Ali
Ahrar, Hossein
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description Neurofibromas are rare, benign, nerve sheath tumors in the peripheral nervous system. The solitary type is found in those who do not have neurofibromatosis. Solitary neurofibromas are too rare in the giant type. We report a rare case of a solitary giant neurofibroma of the anterior right thigh. The diagnostic criteria, characteristics of imaging studies, and operative approach are represented.
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spelling pubmed-41620752014-09-14 Solitary giant neurofibroma of thigh Tahririan, Mohammad Ali Hekmatnia, Ali Ahrar, Hossein Heidarpour, Mitra Hekmatnia, Farzaneh Adv Biomed Res Case Report Neurofibromas are rare, benign, nerve sheath tumors in the peripheral nervous system. The solitary type is found in those who do not have neurofibromatosis. Solitary neurofibromas are too rare in the giant type. We report a rare case of a solitary giant neurofibroma of the anterior right thigh. The diagnostic criteria, characteristics of imaging studies, and operative approach are represented. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4162075/ /pubmed/25221761 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.137872 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Tahririan. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162075/
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