An Exceptional Case of Intraparotid Plexiform Neurofibroma Originating from Autonomic Fibers of the Auriculotemporal Nerve

Plexiform neurofibromas are benign tumors that tend to occur in patients suffering from neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). This report addresses a rare case where the tumor affected the parotid gland, deriving almost exclusively from the peripheral portion of the facial nerve. A 6-year-old male was re...

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Autores principales: Blioskas, Sarantis, Sotiriou, Sotiris, Rizou, Katerina, Koletsa, Triantafyllia, Karkos, Petros, Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna, Markou, Konstantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28634493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8327215

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