MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting

An unusual type of neurofibroma predominantly seen in children and young adults is diffuse neurofibroma. We present a 25-year-old female with recurring soft tissue masses in her right lower limb. MRI showed areas of T(1) iso-intensity and T(2) hyperintensity relative to skeletal muscle within the su...

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Autores principales: Adeniji-Sofoluwe, Adenike Temitayo, Ogunleye, Olanrewaju Adebusuyi, Okolo, Clement Abu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20170090
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author Adeniji-Sofoluwe, Adenike Temitayo
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description An unusual type of neurofibroma predominantly seen in children and young adults is diffuse neurofibroma. We present a 25-year-old female with recurring soft tissue masses in her right lower limb. MRI showed areas of T(1) iso-intensity and T(2) hyperintensity relative to skeletal muscle within the subcutaneous fat. These masses show marked enhancement post gadolinium administration. Histological examination of the excised mass showed diffuse neurofibroma. The rare nature of this tumour and the limited literature describing the imaging features make the diagnosis relatively difficult for a radiologist.
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spelling pubmed-61591172018-10-25 MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting Adeniji-Sofoluwe, Adenike Temitayo Ogunleye, Olanrewaju Adebusuyi Okolo, Clement Abu BJR Case Rep Case Report An unusual type of neurofibroma predominantly seen in children and young adults is diffuse neurofibroma. We present a 25-year-old female with recurring soft tissue masses in her right lower limb. MRI showed areas of T(1) iso-intensity and T(2) hyperintensity relative to skeletal muscle within the subcutaneous fat. These masses show marked enhancement post gadolinium administration. Histological examination of the excised mass showed diffuse neurofibroma. The rare nature of this tumour and the limited literature describing the imaging features make the diagnosis relatively difficult for a radiologist. The British Institute of Radiology 2017-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6159117/ /pubmed/30363148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20170090 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting
title MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting
title_full MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting
title_fullStr MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting
title_full_unstemmed MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting
title_short MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting
title_sort mri evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20170090
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